Terms
Macro Skills
Definition
A specific contexts largest, most important,primary and other
skill sets (listening, speaking, reading, and writing).
Communicative competence
The ability to effectively use and understand language in
various contexts
Views on language
Different perspectives on how language functions, its nature,
and its role in society.
Grammar Components
The elements of language structure, including morphology
(word structure), syntax (sentence structure), and phonology
(sound system).
First Language The language a person learns first, typically
from their family and environment.
L1
L2
Language A language learned after the first language.
Native language
A language that a person acquired in early childhood because
it is spoken in the environment that they grow up with
Mother Tongue
It refers to the language of one’s ethnic group
Foreign language
A language that is not an official language in a specific country
Lingua Franca
A language or mixture of language used a medium of
communication by people whose native language are different
Pidgin
Is a simplified means of communication created in situations
when there is no common language between speakers
Creole
Is a natural language that emerged from Pidgin and has a
lexifier language such as English.
Reference
https://discover.hubpages.com/literature/The-5-Macro-Skills-of-the-English-Language
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-communicative-competence-1689768
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-creole-language-1689942
https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub/pidgin-language
https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub/pidgin-language
https://www.thoughtco.com/native-language-l1-term-1691336
https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-a-foreign-language.htm
https://www.thoughtco.com/mother-tongue-language-1691408
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-lingua-franca-1691237