Il ruolo della competenza linguistica nell’acquisizione della competenza comunicativa in italiano come LS
Linguistic Competence and its role in the acquisition of Communicative Competence in Italian as a FL (levels C1 and C2)

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the role of linguistic competence in the acquisition of communicative competence in Italian as a FL taught at C1 and C2 levels (romance languages departments). The author of the paper claims that linguistic competence is an essential component of communicative competence as it provides the linguistic resources and cues for constructing a message. The communicative competence, in fact, bridges linguistic knoledge and knoledge of social contexts and allows in such a way to formulate acceptable messages from linguistic and social points of view. However in the author’s opinion lack of linguistic knowledge is a major factor in communication breakdowns. If a student (levels C1 and C2) is sufficiently motivated and wants to achieve an excellent command of Italian, he or she must be able to utilize the repertoire of grammatical and lexical structures in socially strategic ways in order to be properly understood. He or she must not forget that linguistic structures are markers of social status and have a great deal of importance in Intercultural Communication. Thus teaching Italian as a FL at levels C1 and C2 cannot disregard grammar in order to give benefit to purely communicative abilities because not only different pragmatic strategies play a role in the outcome of any interaction.

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