Indonesian Journal of English Teaching
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2018): July

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES USED BY EFL STUDENTS IN IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL

Rahmi Aulia Nurdini (Bina Sarana Informatika University (BSI))



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Aug 2018

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate communication strategies (CSs) used by EFL students in improving speaking English. Methods employed were questionnaire, observation, and interview. Findings showed that students have improvement in speaking when they used communication strategies (CSs). The strategies used by the students such as non-linguistic means, appeal for help, and fillers or hesitation device, message abandonment, non-linguistic means, literal translation, code switching, appeal for help, and fillers or hesitation device. The study suggests that EFL practitioners pay attention to communication strategies (CSs) aspect to obtain the optimum results of teaching-learning processes. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJET

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

IJET (Indonesian Journal of English Teaching) is an education journal for English language teachers, lecturers, university professors, and others who work with school-aged or university students, teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English as a Second Language (ESL), English for Specific ...