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The concept of Communicative Competence being more practical demands a contextual use of language. It is more experimental and talks about how language should work in action, that is while communicating something. The models of Communicative Competence fulfil this need of experimentation. This research paper aims to explain the models of Communicative Competence since the 1970s, their theoretical framework and practical significance in the light of language use in an Indian multilingual context. There are five models of Communicative Competence which this paper will elaborate on. The theoretical framework of these models focusses on the competence of an individual and its practical applications are significantly related to the communicative performance of an individual. All these models can be applied to various situations and at each academic level. But how the SPEAKING model is most appropriate to develop the Communicative competence will be focused in this paper through the comparative analysis.
Dhanashri Sambhaji Kamble. “Dell Hymes’ ‘S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G’ and Various Other Models of Communicative Competence: A Comparative Study from a Communicative Perspective..” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 2, Apr. 2026, pp. 16–29. DOI, https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.2.
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