DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR DISCOURSE COMPETENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS

This article offers a thorough framework for high school students' discourse competency that takes into account a variety of linguistic and cognitive skills, including register, coherence, cohesion, and pragmatic comprehension. In order to assess discourse competency in a valid and trustworthy way, the framework also describes efficient assessment techniques, such as written assignments, oral presentations, peer evaluations, and rubrics.