In this presentation we show some students' mistakes in order to show that they basically fail due to incompetent syntagmatic competencies rather than grammatical inaccuracies. They are not able to understand the relationship between words, by just learning grammar rules.

2. Understanding Syntagmatic Competence

4. Language _______________ Simple Present ______________1___ Passive Voice __________________2___ Future Perfect _________________________3____ Reported Speech ____________________________4_____ Gerunds & Infinitives _______________________________5_____ Conditional Sentences ___________________________________6______ Regular and Irregular Verbs ________________________________________7______ Phrasal verbs ______________________ _________________________8_______ The Present Perfect Progressive ________________________________________________________9_______ Understanding & Memorizing Grammar Rules ___________________________________ 10_____ Paradigmatic Competence Grammar Categories

5. syn•tag•ma in-"tag-m€ noun pl syn•tag•mas or syn•tag•ma•ta m€-t€ [Gk, fr. syntassein] (1937) : a syntactic element syn•tag•mat•ic apos;sin-'tag-"ma-tik adjective par•a•digm amp;quot;par-€-'dïm also -'dim noun [LL paradigma, fr. Gk paradeigma, fr. paradeiknynai to show side by side, fr. para- + deiknynai to show — more at diction ] (15c) 1: example, pattern; esp : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype ©1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. All rights reserved . Conveying meaning is syntagmatic . Grammatical competence is paradigmatic .

6. meaning SPEECH COMPETENCE LEXICAL COMPETENCE WRITING COMPETENCE AUDITORY COMPETENCE LISTENING COMPETENCE SYNTAGMATIC COMPETENCE GRAMMATICAL COMPETENCE INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE NON-VERBAL LANGUAGE COMPETENCE M ULTIPLE C OMPETENCES M ULTIPLE C OMPETENCES

7. The Tip of the Iceberg – Words? The most visible part of language . Meaning Sounds Words Utterances Multi-word units Lexical Units Syntactic Units Syntagmatic Units Paragraph Building Essay / Writing Intercultural Awareness The Social Meaning of Language Semantic Categories

8. Meaning _______________ Greetings ______________1___ Facts of Life ___________________2___ Past Events _________________________3____ Future Events ____________________________4_____ Asking Questions _______________________________5_____ Reference Items ___________________________________6______ Making Comparisons ________________________________________7______ Understanding Mass & Unit _____________________________________________8_______ Understanding Verb Collocation ________________________________________________________9_______ Connecting Ideas ____________________________________ 10_____ Understanding Syntagmatic Competence Syntagmatic Competence Semantic Categories

21. Syntagmatic Competence Core of Language CompetencIes Phonics Words Utterances Lexical Units Syntactic Units Syntagmatic Units Paragraph Building Essay Writing Acquisition of Intercultural Skills Understanding the Social Meaning of Language = Syntagmatic Competencies