Abstract
Nowadays, the importance of communication is undeniable. In oral communication, the learners employ speaking skills which requires the mastery of communication strategies in order to solve the communication problems which they found during oral communication and to get across the communicative goals to the interlocutors. Unfortunately, speaking is still considered one of the most difficult skills to be acquired by English language learners. English learners need more practices and also strategies in communication. In addition, communication ability also influenced by some factors such as target language proficiency, learning and communicating contexts, task types, gender differences and learners’ personality. Driven by this condition, this paper is aimed to discuss theoretical framework about communication strategies and its development since firstly proposed by Tarone (1977). This paper is beneficial for English language practitioner and English language learners, ELT researcher as well.
Highlights
The prominent role of English for global communication affects the aim of learning English
Theoretically this paper provide fully understanding for readers about the development of communication strategies
The comprehensive and voluminous literature about communication strategies has been in hand
Summary
The prominent role of English for global communication affects the aim of learning English. English was learned to access information written in English. In respect to this aim, learning English was focused on developing the reading skill. Nowadays, in order to fulfill the demand of global communication, learning English is aimed at developing effective communication. Most language learners focus their study on communication ability, especially speaking skill. As Richards and Renandya (2002: 201) stated that “A large percentage of the world‟s language learners study English in order to develop proficiency in speaking”. The importance of speaking reported by Yani (2007:43) in her publication which points out that in this era how to communicate effectively in foreign language learning becomes much more important than reading and writing
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