Discourse Competence and Its Place in the English Language Teaching
Tri Wiratno
Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta
The ultinate goal of the English language
learning is that learners can use the language in an accepted level of
appropriacy. To do so, they need to have an adequate discourse competence
comprising its various elements that build it. It is with discourse competence
that the learners, who are speakers and hearers or writers and readers of the
language, are able to communicate with others. This paper will be concerned
with how discourse competence is placed in the English language teaching. In
particular, it will explore how English teachers can make use of discourse
elements in teaching English where learners will not only be aware of the
elements that make discourse “discourse”, but also produce a type of discourse
in spoken and written versions.
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Wiratno, T. (2006, February). Discourse
competence and its place in the English language teaching. Paper presented
at the 6th International Conference, ITB Bandung, Indonesia.
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