translate English to French: Savoir-être (existential competence demonstrating openness, conviviality and good will (e.g. by the use of gestures, mime, proxemics) may, in the case of a language in which the individual has poorly mastered the linguistic component, make up for this deﬁciency in the course of interaction with a native speaker, whereas in a language he or she knows better, this same individual may 133
Par exemple, les stratégies mobilisées pour la réalisation de tâches à dimensions langagières peuvent varier suivant les langues auxquelles il est fait recours.