Exploring competences in teaching foreign languages

This article investigates the role of pragmatic, socio-cultural, and translation competence in teaching languages in universities. The author cites many abstract studies and notations of scientists and, studying them, declares the importance of implementing competences into practical exercises. The paper also provides an explanation of translation competence based on research by linguistic scholars. As an example to this research is taken the short story of Oscar Wilde, "The Nightingale and the Rose" and expanded research and explanation in the field of translation with the participation of students, based on practical lessons and their mistakes.