What is your understanding of linguistic competenc

参考答案: I agree with drawing a distinction between linguistic competence and communicative competence. Linguistic competence originally comes from Chomsky. It refers to the grammatical knowledge of the ideal language user and has nothing to do with the actual use of language in concrete situations. This concept of linguistic competence has been criticized for being too narrow and presenting a "Garden of Eden View".
To expand the concept of competence, D. H. Hymes proposes communicative competence, which has four compFnents: possibility, feasibility, appropriateness and performance. In Hymes’ view, the leamer acquires knowledge of sentences not only as grammatical but also as appropriate. It stresses the context in which an utterance occurs, which also leads to a concentration on discourse, in Hymes’term linguistic routines-the sequential organization beyond sentences. In its application, the teacher may teach how in different situations the same sentence can perform the function of statement, command, or request. On the other hand, while introducing different linguistic forms with the same semantic structure, for example the two forms of "you" in Chinese, he may draw special attention to difierent contexts in which they are used. Thus, in the teaching of literature, the teacher can tbcus on features of different genres. In the teaching of conversation, he can introduce such strategies as opening, continuing, turn-taking and closing.
答案解析: 本题考查Chomsky的语言能力与Hymes的交际能力。