The significance of sociolinguistic competence in learning a foreign language

The paper deals with the role of a sociolinguistic competence in teaching a foreign language and the notion of sociolinguistic competence is defined on the base of British, American, Turkish linguists’ research works. The possible challenges in building a successful communication in using a foreign language and the significance of a sociolinguistic competence in teaching a foreign language are discussed in the article. The lacks of traditional teaching approaches are criticized and the ways of implementing to enhance a sociolinguistic competence into the language teaching process are presented as well. The paper can be helpful source for beginner researchers to understand the notion of sociolinguistic competence.