Acquring Communicative Competence

Question 1

Define TURN TAKING

Answer 1

• decision of who is next in convo.
• appropriate content and timing.
• found in animal communication in gestures.

Question 2

What are the 4 main theories of language evolution?

Answer 2

The Gestural Hypothesis / The Vocal Hypothesis / The Neural Hypothesis / The Multimodal Hypothesis

Question 3

Define SCAFFOLDING

Answer 3

• support to lang. learners
• prompts them through positive or negative REINFORCEMENT
• helps to grasp knowledge of turn taking

Question 4

Define INTERRUPTIONS

Answer 4

• happens when lang. learner is incompetent.
• show a low skill level of turn taking.
• happens alot in everyday conversation.

Question 5

Define SPEECH EVENTS

Answer 5

• the ability to know when it is appropriate to use certain lang.
• certain events require certain speech events within turn taking.
• e.g “how are you” “im good thanks, you?”