Original scientific paper
CLB1 orthographic competence
Ana Grgić
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
Sanda Lucija Udier
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
Abstract
There are few topics in the Croatian language that were discussed as frequently and had as many articles written about it like as Croatian orthography. On the other hand, when it comes to orthography in CL2, this subject happens to be largely unexplored. Orthographic competence comprises knowledge and skills of how to perceive and produce symbols that form written texts in a specific language. That competence is considered an integral part of language competence. Language competence is inevitable in achieving communication competence, and this is a primary goal of L2 instruction. In its description of orthographic competence, CEFRL states that a speaker at the B1 level is able to produce a clear text that is expected to be completely understandable to a Croatian native speaker, and whose orthography, punctuation, and text structure is sufficiently accurate so that the text is easy to follow (CEFRL 2005: 121). Such general definitions have to be elaborated upon, and discussed in order to get a sharper picture of orthographic competence of CLB1 speakers. Based on research conducted on the corpus of different students' assignments (dictations, guided written production) and questionnaires, it appeared that CLB1 speakers are capable of correctly writing almost all Croatian words and sentences they hear and that acquisition of orthography directly depends on the vocabulary acquisition. This presentation also shows other results of research on orthography. Especially emphasized is the acquisition of graphemes č and ć.
Keywords
ortographic competence; level B1; Croatian as foreign and second language
Hrčak ID:
111209
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Publication date:
28.12.2012.
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