Some pertinent oral communication strategies for EFL learning and teaching

The main purpose of this article is to suggest to educators three strategies used in the field of EFL teaching and learning such as avoidance, compensation and time gaining. Then, there is a recommendation to teach or not teach these strategies, or what strategies should be focused upon and what strategies should be introduced for discussion only.
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Some pertinent oral communication strategies for EFL learning and teaching AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (1), 60 – 67<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SOME PERTINENT ORAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR EFL LEARNING<br /> AND TEACHING<br /> <br /> Truong Thi Thanh Nga1<br /> 1<br /> An Giang University, VNU - HCM<br /> <br /> Information: ABSTRACT<br /> Received: 16/01/2019<br /> To communicate successfully in study and everyday conversations is very<br /> Accepted: 02/05/2019<br /> important. Speakers or participants all want to be successful in exchanging<br /> Published: 11/2019<br /> ideas and getting an end result after the dialogue finishes. There are several<br /> Keywords: popular ways to maintain progress or end a conversation. In this paper,<br /> Communication strategies some relevant strategies are addressed so that thestudents or users of<br /> (CSs), avoidance, English as a foreign language (EFL) know what they have done intentionally<br /> compensation, time gaining, or unintentionally through time. The main purpose of this article is to<br /> interlocutors<br /> suggest to educators three strategies used in the field of EFL teaching and<br /> learning such as avoidance, compensation and time gaining. Then, there is a<br /> recommendation to teach or not teach these strategies, or what strategies<br /> should be focused upon and what strategies should be introduced for<br /> discussion only.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1. INTRODUCTION Communication success is required in both<br /> In the context of learning English in Vietnam verbal and written activities in English in<br /> in recent times, especially students in remote Vietnam, but emphasis is mostly on speaking.<br /> areasstudents of English nowadays usually start Language students are considered to reach the<br /> learning it at a very early age, but it takes them communicative threshold of proficiency when<br /> a long time to use the language successfully. In they can keep the conversation going and<br /> addition, they find it very hard to express maintain their position in communicating<br /> themselves in actual communication. Therefore, contexts. When people study a new language all<br /> some relevant communication strategies (CSs) they need to acquire is that they can express<br /> should be considered to help learners what they want to say and can be understood by<br /> communicate their ideas effectively. As Maleki others and get back the information from<br /> (2007) mentions, though learners of English are someone’s speeches or writing. To obtain<br /> equipped with enough language knowledge, communicative skills in foreign languages,<br /> they need to reach a threshold to come to a real there are some gifted people who can make use<br /> communicative stage when they can speak out of their restricted language resources in<br /> naturally; thus communication strategy support combining with their own skills like body<br /> for learners is necessary. language, gestures, and facial expressions to<br /> achieve their communicative purposes.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 60<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (1), 60 – 67<br /> <br /> However, there are also strategies that most handling difficulties or breakdowns in<br /> EFL learners can apply through their life communications. Corder (1986) also views CSs<br /> experience or by practising and following some as speakers’ systematic techniques to express<br /> communicative tactics. This paper first reviews meaning when facing difficulty. However, the<br /> definitions of communication strategies, then broadest definition of CSs is Canale’s (1983)<br /> presents three key communication strategies extended concept when he points out that CSs<br /> and finally suggests that communications help improve communicative efficiency with<br /> strategies should be taught. Three pertinent various patterns of speech. Therefore,<br /> strategies are avoidance, compensation and definitions about CSs have been improved<br /> time gaining. These strategies accompany some through time from problem-solving to meaning<br /> tactics which occur at the time of speaking such negotiation between interlocutors and finally<br /> as topic divergence, circumlocution and using come to enhancing the effectiveness of<br /> fillers and hesitation devices. The paper first communication. Among these linguists’<br /> reviews definitions of Communication definitions, Corder’s idea about CSs as<br /> Strategies and then leads to a discussion about strategies at the time of the conversation to<br /> whether communication strategies ca ...