Communicative Competence by Learners of Arabic as a Second Language (the Writing Skill as a Model)

Communicative Competence is a basic concept in teaching Arabic for speakers of other languages. Both learners and instructors of Arabic who speak other languages alike have to master it so that the educational process can be successfully completed. Therefore, the study attempts to uncover how to achieve communicative competence in the writing skill among the learners of Arabic as a second language by untangling the overlapping between communicative competence and other similar concepts. After that, the elements of communicative competence will be explained as well as finding out obstacles that hinder the acquisition communicative competence by learners of Arabic as a foreign language. Finally, the study will attempt to put forward solutions that contribute to solving these problems.