Govorna sporazumevalna zmožnost v angleščini kot tujem jeziku: slepe pege in izzivi v učenju in poučevanju ATJ

This monograph focuses on the highest ranking goals within formal (foreign) language education: the development of communicative competence – which the communicative paradigm regards as the most important goal of contemporary language teaching, and of critical thinking ability – which is widely recognized as the main general education goal. The education documents that serve as the basis of EFL teaching in Slovenia (Strategies for Learning Democratic Citizenship, CEFR, EFL Grammar School Syllabus and English: Exam Catalogue for the Matura Exam) reflect the same theoretical orientation, linking the (vaguely defined) concept of critical thinking to the (vaguely defined) concept of democratic citizenship.