The article States that competencies are the result of knowledge expressed as a student's activity, including such concepts as” knowledge“,” skills“,” skills “and”experience". Competence is the final result, characterized by the fact that the student uses the knowledge, skills, and skills in practice, in solving any practical or theoretical problems in everyday life. The conclusions of Russian and foreign scientists on communicative competence are also analyzed. As many definitions of communicative competence are available in pedagogical and psychological works, so many views about the components of communicative competence. The article raises the question of the components of communicative competence and concludes that communicative competence is a system that combines linguistic, sociological, psycholinguistic, linguoculturological, cognitive, and paralinguistic aspects.