Language competence

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Language competence may have two definitions:

• Linguistic competence- which refers to the language ability of native speakers
• Linguistic proficiency which refers to peoples abilities in additional languages

See also

• Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence
• Multi-competence (section Implications for language teaching)
• Second language acquisition
• DIALANG (section Fourteen languages)an online diagnostic system designed to assess a person's proficiency in 14 European languages
• Communicative competence