LANGUAGE ACQUISITION - 212

WEEK 9

What I learnt was that competence is underlying knowledge of a system or

nonobservable ability whereas performance is observable ability or
realization of competence. In short, performance is the action form of the
competence.

What I had difficulty in figuring out was heterogeneous competence. I

couldn’t understand the exact definition and function of it .

I suppose I need to focus more on my study. Final exams are coming and I
am still waiting for inspiration. If I don’t fill up my competence, I won’t be
able to show my performance 

I believe I may use “competence-performance” in my teaching. But I feel

that they should be in balance. Competence isn’t completely ignored. If
there is no competence, there won’t be any performance, I guess. At the
same time, if valuable information is not put into practice, it will be
useless. The relationship between competence and performance is like a
combination of head and feet. Head must show the road and feet must
walk to reach the goal. I can use both of them by encouraging my students
to think about the problems and to say what they think.