期刊名称：METODIKA Journal of Theory and Application of Teaching methodologies in Preschool, Primary, Secondary and Higher Education
印刷版ISSN：1332-7879
出版年度：2007
卷号：8
期号：14
页码：235-257
出版社：METODIKA Journal of Theory and Application of Teaching methodologies in Preschool, Primary, Secondary and Higher Education
摘要：Recent research on communicative competence of foreign language learners has indicated that learners of different foreign languages attain different levels of communicative competencedespite having learnt the target language for the same period of time. The main purpose of this study is to compare English and German language learners’ level of communicative competence in writing and speaking in Croatia. The results show no signifi cant differences in either the level of communicative competence in writing and speaking or in the attainment level of the majority of communicative competence components between primary school English and German learners at A2 level (4-5 years of learning the target language). However, secondary school English and German language learners at B1 level (8- 9 years of learning the target language) show signifi cant differences in both their overall level of communicative competence in writing and speaking and level of their attainment in almost all components of communicative competence. The reasons for these differences between learners of English and learners of German and their relevance for the teaching and learning of these languages are addressed in the discussion.
关键词：communicative competence; components of communicative competence; foreign language; learners of English; learners of German; primary school; secondary school
