'Communicative competence' refers to the ability to form correct utterances and use them appropriately in various circumstances. There are two ways of developing communicative competence in a language.
The first is acquisition which is similar to the way people develop ability in their mother tongue. It is a nature, subconscious process in which users are not usually aware of acquiring a language. They are aware only of the fact that they are using the l a n g u a g e for communication. In non-technical terms, acquisition is 'picking up' a language spontaneously. It may also be called implicit learning.
On the other hand, the second way of developing communicative competence in a language
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