Linguistic Models for Educational Development: Appraising the Competence and Performance Theory
1 Department of English Nasarawa State University – Keffi, Nigeria
2 Department of English and Literary Studies, Plateau State University-Bokkos, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: chahura80@gmail.com
2 Department of English and Literary Studies, Plateau State University-Bokkos, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: chahura80@gmail.com
Abstract
The development of a people is the essence of national
transformation. Indeed, it is in individuals, who are the
major constituents of a nation, that we find the root of
whatever aspect of transformation for a nation.
Individual development therefore is the concern of this
paper. The focus is on individuals being transformed
intellectually, morally and character-wise. The teacher is
made and identified as the performer of this task of
transformation. This is restricted to the teacher's
appropriate use of language, especially in a classroom
situation. The discussion is captured within the
frameworks of Linguistic Competence and Performance
as introduced by Noam Chomsky, and Dell Hymes'
Communicative Competence, each of which, in its way,
defines how an individual possesses and uses language
accurately and properly. At the end of the discourse,
what we have holistically is that teachers should have a
good knowledge of sentence construction and usage, to
avoid distractions and misunderstanding, just as they
should be careful and wise in their choice of words to be
able to transform the character and general philosophy
of the learners under them. This is proven to have
positive implications on national transformation.
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How to Cite
A, C. A., & G, A. T. (2017). Linguistic Models for Educational Development: Appraising the Competence and Performance Theory. Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, 9(1), 58-66. https://doi.org/10.67862/hjjgs.2017.t5ggvu6b
C. A. A, and A. T. G, "Linguistic Models for Educational Development: Appraising the Competence and Performance Theory," Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 58-66, December 2017. doi: 10.67862/hjjgs.2017.t5ggvu6b
