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English and German Learners' Level of Communicative Competence in Writing and Speaking

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 significant 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 significant 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.

communicative competence; components of communicative competence; foreign language; learners of English; learners of German; primary school; secondary school

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