This article is of particular interest to researchers, but instructors will find that it helps them rethink the focus of their teaching. The author looks to Dell Hyme's portrayal of communicative competence and to notions from sociocultural theory and communities of practice to question the little attention given to the Communities Standard relative to the other Standards. She argues that the Communities Standard might be considered the most fundamental of the five Standards and thus should receive more attention from the beginning of language teaching.#All #Research #5.Communities #JournalArticle #Curriculum #Standards #Teachersandteaching #Principalfocus #All