Resumen

RONQUILLO HERNANDEZ, Elsa  y  GOENAGA CONDE, Beatriz. Communicative Competence: Chronological Evolution of the Term and its Constituents. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.1. ISSN 1727-8120.

Communicative competence appears as a constituent element of professional competence. Its concept has varied through the years, which has brought about the emergence of different schools and trends in various countries. Communicative competence has been analyzed by dissimilar areas of science. This work presents a chronological study of the emergence, evolvement and development of the term from the ideas of the most outstanding personalities in the field. Given the relevance of the topic, not only for the teaching of foreign languages but for many other disciplines that are fuelled by the postulates and theories that it proclaims, it is necessary to study and deepen into the concept as a way to enrich and improve the contents and syllabuses which are part of the Medicine career curriculum so that a step forward is taken in the efforts to educate more capable and better prepared doctors.

Palabras clave : communicative competence; language teaching; professional competence; communicative dimensions.

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