Studies related to vocabulary development show that children's language competence depends upon their ability to hear sounds during infancy.

Develop students' global competitiveness by enhancing their foreign language competence.

Where patients' lives are at risk, language competence is even more essential.

I had finally found a group of Japanese for whom my level of language competence was just about adequate.

In the literature several factors are named for explaining why language competence is decreasing.

Thereby motivation and attitude influence the workload of the individual to keep their language competence.

In each case, the language competence acquired is additive: it does not replace earlier competencies.

The language competence accredited at each level can be described as follows:

Moreover, language competence helps in work, study, travel and communication anywhere in the world.

The issue of extending the European indicator of language competence is also addressed.