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This 3 page paper discusses several theories about the way in which people learn new languages. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the goals and ideologies, and argues where they would be most useful. Discussion The first source is Gee, whose main point of discussion centers on "Discourses," which are tools people
use to build "identities and activities" (Gee, 2006). These tools include language, but are not limited to it; in order to build a persona that is identifiable to others who
share that construct (for instance, a particular street gang), the person has to engage in "characteristic ways of thinking, acting, interacting, valuing, feeling and believing" (Gee, 2006, p. 21). Gee
appears to argue then that language is only part of a discourse, and that by itself it may be insufficient to accomplish the persons goals. In their work, Canale and
Swain discuss "communicative competence" and whether or not it includes "grammatical competence" as well as whether or not it "should be distinguished from (communicative) performance" (Canale and Swain, 1980, p.
5). The authors point out that the term "communicative competence" is usually used to refer "exclusively to knowledge or capability relating to the rules of language use and the term
grammatical (or linguistic) competence used to refer to the rules of grammar" (Canale and Swain, 1980, p. 5). Canale and Swain reveal that there is some discussion as to whether
or not "communicative competence" includes "grammatical competence" and that at least one critic suggests that it does, because adopting that view "logically excludes two possible and misleading conclusions: first, that
grammatical competence and communicative competence should be taught separately, or the former should be taught before the latter; and second, that grammatical competence is not an essential component of communicative
competence" (Canale and Swain, 1980, p. 5). The authors dont find the first point convincing-the two subject could be taught separately or in any order-but they believe the second point
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