Competence or Performance?

This essay focuses on the teaching strategies employed during the teaching of a foreign language for special purposes. by emphasizing that learning a foreign language is not only a process involving linguistic means, it is also stressed the learning of cultural data. In an adult setting the teaching of foreign language should be carefully planned, since adult learning a foreign language for special purposes want to achieve their purpose as soon as possible. Rather the teacher should emphasize that even that learning needs time. In this cases it is suggested a wide use of audio-video material, too.