THE SIX COMPONENTS OF COMMUNICATIVE ABILITY: VAN EK (1986)

this article includes explores the relationship between language proficiency and communicative competence in the CEFR. It offers a brief outline of the components of communicative language competences since 1980 until 2001 following the outstanding works by expert such as , Van Ek (1986) and van Ek and Trim (1991). The most relevant differences between the general competences set out in the CEFR.