Resumen

CABRERA REYES, Lourdes de la Caridad. Integrating knowledge to foster communicative competence. trf [online]. 2017, vol.13, n.2, pp. 192-206. ISSN 2077-2955.

The paper describes the findings of a research intended to foster the communicative competence of first year students of bachelors in Education and Language Teaching. The study of the bibliography allows the construction of a framework related to the integration of knowledge, by examining documents it was possible to establish the integrative nucleus, and modeling allows the design of the proposal, whereas the procedures of the action-research approach lead the practical introduction of the proposal and controlling its results. The paper offers the integrative nucleus for communicative competence training, the definition and proposition of comprehensive lesson needed to pursue it and the impact of the proposal on a sample of students with low levels of communicative competence.

Palabras clave : verbal communication; language instruction; language skills; language enrichment.

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