Communicative Competence in AAC
One of the most widely shared concepts in AAC is the notion of communicative competence. In this hallmark article, published over 20 years ago, Dr. Janice Light started the dialogue by suggesting that there are four domains to competence in AAC: linguistic competence, strategic competence, social competence, and operational competence. The dialogue continues, but you can read the original article here. Thanks to ISAAC for making this free to all.
Edited: You can also get it here.
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Light, J.C. (1989). Toward a definition of communicative competence for individuals using augmentative and alternative communication systems. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 5,4, 137-144.
Filed under: PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: Janice Light, reprint
This post was written by Carole Zangari
5 Comments
I could access the abstract, but not the full article. Whichever way I tried, indicated that payment was required. Help.
Thanks.
When I go to the link for the article it does not let me download it. You have to be a member. Am I missing something?
They must have changed the parameters. We just edited it with an alternate link that should work now.
I could not get the referenced article. It asks for a login. Please let me know if there is something I need to do to get access to it. thanks.
Thanks for posting this article!