抄録
The idea of 'multi-competence' is defined as 'the knowledge of more than one language in the same mind or the same community' (Cook, t.a.).Multi-competence thus presents a view of second language acquisition (SLA) based on the second language (L2) user as a whole person rather than on the monolingual native speaker. It involves the whole mind of the speaker, not simply their first language (L1) or their second. It assumes that someone who knows two or more languages is a different person from a monolingual and so needs to be looked at in their own right rather than as a deficient monolingual. Multi-competence changes the angle from which second language acquisition is viewed. If taken literally, it has important implications for language teaching goals and methodology.
