Strategies used by undergraduate englishmajored students in oral communication
Communication strategies (CSs) play a significant role in enabling EFL students to achieve a higher level of English proficiency and good ability in oral communication. Helping both EFL teachers and students gain awareness of CSs is essential in the Vietnamese context. This study, therefore, aimed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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H. : ĐHQGHN
2020
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| Online Access: | http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/86631 |
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| Institution: | Vietnam National University, Hanoi |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Communication strategies (CSs) play a significant role in enabling EFL students to achieve
a higher level of English proficiency and good ability in oral communication. Helping both EFL teachers
and students gain awareness of CSs is essential in the Vietnamese context. This study, therefore, aimed
to explore the most commonly used strategies in English oral communication among English-majored
students at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH), Vietnam. Two instruments were
employed to collect both qualitative and quantitative data, namely (1) the questionnaire and (2) the focus
group with the participation of 213 English-majored sophomores, juniors and seniors. The findings of the
study revealed that the most commonly-used speaking strategies are ‘fluency-oriented’, ‘message reduction
and alteration’, and ‘negotiation for meaning while speaking’, and that the students used achievement
strategies more often than reduction ones; and the most commonly-used listening strategies are ‘negotiation
for meaning while listening’, ‘non-verbal’ and ‘scanning’. The findings also revealed that there are no
significant differences in the use of CSs among the three academic levels of students. It is expected that the
findings of the study would partly contribute to the enhancement of communicative competence (CoC) and
the use of CSs among students at HUTECH in particular and at the Vietnamese tertiary level in general. |
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