CdC/C: Competence develops through Coping with Communication

This [intuition] was that the development of competence in a second language requires not systematization of language inputs or maximization of planned practice, but rather the creation of conditions in which learners engage in an effort to cope with communication.

Prabhu, N.S. (1987). Second Language Pedagogy. Oxford, England: OUP. (p.1)