Developing Communicative Competence in English Lessons: Focus on Lexical Competence

Abstract

This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of developing communicative competence in English lessons. Specifically, the thesis aims at development of the lexical competence in primary school learners. The theoretical part concerns with the topics of the background of the communicative competence and its classification. Subsequently, the thesis discusses the word meaning and word formation processes and puts the information into the larger context of primary education. Finally, the language learning strategies and teaching aids are presented to provide the theoretical background for the practical part, which is concerned with the research of the language learning strategies and teaching aids used for vocabulary development which are applied by the first and fifth grade students during the English lessons.