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It presents briefly various models of communicative competence to show what has been written on this term, and then it introduces the term ‘communication proficiency’ as a broader term that includes all competencies and skills required for communication. It contributes to the field of research in applied linguistics as it helps scholars avoid the confusion associated with the term ‘communicative competence’ which is used differently by different scholars due to their different perceptions ofthe term ‘competence’. Competence has been perceived by some scholars as knowledge of language while others have perceived it as an overall ability that includes all what we need to function in real life and fulfill communicative needs.  \nKeywords: Communicative competence, communicative proficiency, competence, performance  \nINTRODUCTION  \nCommunicative competence has become the major goal of language learning though its meaning and underlying details are still debatable. While some scholars view communicative competence as language knowledge others view it in a broader way as an overall ability that includes both language knowledge and performance skills. Chomsky (1956) differentiated between competence and performance where he viewed competence as “the speaker-hearer’s knowledge of the language” and performance as “the actual use of language in concrete situations” (p. 4) . On the other hand, Hymes (1972) introduced the term ‘communicative competence’ to refer to both ‘the tacit knowledge’ of the language and ‘the ability to use it’ for communication. This view reflects his perception of communicative competence as a broad term that includes all skills and abilities required for communication. This view was later on emphasized by Savignon (1972) who viewed communicative competence as “the ability to function in a truly communicative setting” (p. 8) and Rivers (1973) who considered communicative competence as a synonym of “spontaneous expression”(p. 26) which means an ability to express oneself spontaneously and automatically in any interactive situation. Canale and Swain (1980) provide a detailed description of communicative competence similar to Hymesand they considered communicative competence as abstract knowledge that can be manifested in communicative performance. Prior to this, Widdowson (1978) considered language usage (knowledge of rules) and language use (skills to use this knowledge for communicative  \npurposes) as two sides of the performance. On the other hand, Wiemann & Backlund (1980) argued for incorporating competence and performance under one term called ‘communicative competence’. As these views regarding competence and performance may create some confusion for scholars, this study surveys these various views on communicative competence and then introduces the term ‘communication proficiency’ as an alternative term that includes language knowledge and performance skills required for communication.  \n1. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE  \nThe term communicative competence came into existence by the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s and it has been then developed to become a major area of research in the field of applied linguistics. To understand what this term means, one can define the two words comprising it. Communicative competence means a competence to communicate where competence refers to a broad term of ability that involves language knowledge and the skills to use such knowledge while the word communicative relates to interacting and sharing ideas (Ahmed & Pawar, 2018) . Communicative competence appeared as a reaction to Chomsky’s (1965) distinction between comp","cbCaiiNtPNXcy4uZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiNtPNXcy4uZ","pdf",238754,"English","# Introduction\n# 1. 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