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Peer reviewedWiddowson, H. G. – Applied Linguistics, 1989
Attempts to clarify the notion of language competence and draws on its relevance to language teaching practices. Language use competence may involve the adjustment of pre-assembled and memorized patterns and not so much the generation of expressions by direct reference to rules. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Patterns, Language Processing
