Communicative Competence «Revisited». Teachability and Learnability of Non-Verbal Communication in ELT

Abstract

Theory and practice go hand in hand, with theory serving as the groundwork for practice, which in turn refines, evidences and reinforces the former. The main objective of this paper was not so much proving the suitability or inadequacy of one or the other theory or model, instead, we hoped to offer new interpretations of certain theories as applied in classroom practice. The paper focuses on the teachability and learnability of non-verbal communication within the framework of intercultural communication in the course of language teacher training programmes in institutions of higher education.