| Abstract [eng] |
In this paper the development of the communicative competence is analyzed. In general, communicative competence is the aim and the content of the foreign language teaching and learning. The aim of this paper is to reveal how people, who have successfully socialized abroad, assess the experience of foreign language learning in Lithuania as well as to show the importance of the foreign language knowledge to the successful socialization in another country and to investigate the viewpoint of the teachers towards the effectiveness of the communicative competence development, bearing in mind the problematic aspects which have been highlighted by migrants. This paper is grounded on the following methodologies: critical theory and social constructivism. These methodologies enable the individual to evolve his understanding and activity; they also teach the individual to understand the essence of various events in his life and foster the ability to find the solution of various issues. The assumption of this paper is that in Lithuania the teaching of the English language is mainly oriented in the development of the linguistic competence (the development of basic lexical and grammatical skills), in the pass of the final exam, and such development is insufficient when the need to have a knowledge of spoken English, of some aspects of multicultural and social behavior occurs. This assumption is confirmed after the analysis of the interviews with migrants and teachers. |
