Cognitive Models of Grammatical Competence of Students

The article is based on the precepts of cognitive science and considers grammar competence of language learners as a semantic network of concepts, categories, prototypes, frames, scripts, schemata acquired as knowledge and grammar skills. The author examines students’ grammatical competence in the light of cognitive approach and presents the cognitive model of grammatical competence. The model shows what components are needed for the students’ to know how an English sentence is grammatically organized. This makes cognitive model of grammatical competence of students a useful tool for students and teachers.