30 Questions
What are communication strategies?
Communication strategies are conscious plans for solving language-related problems in achieving a communicative goal.
What aspects of the linguistic system can communication strategies apply to?
Communication strategies can apply to any aspect of the linguistic system, including phonology, lexicon, syntax, sociolinguistics/sociocultural and pragmatics.
What is the purpose of communication strategies?
The purpose of communication strategies is to manipulate the linguistic system to overcome language-related problems and achieve a communicative goal.
What types of difficulties can communication strategies address?
Communication strategies can address phonological, lexical, syntactic, sociolinguistic/sociocultural, and pragmatic difficulties.
What is the relationship between communication strategies and linguistic resources?
Communication strategies involve using immediately available linguistic resources to manipulate the linguistic system.
What is the importance of communication strategies in a noisy environment?
Communication strategies are particularly important in very noisy environments because they can help overcome communication barriers.
What is the difference between conscious and unconscious communication strategies?
Conscious communication strategies are deliberate attempts to overcome language-related problems, whereas unconscious communication strategies are automatic and without conscious thought.
What is the scope of communication strategies?
The scope of communication strategies is broad, as they can be applied to any aspect of the linguistic system that poses communication difficulties.
What was the contribution of Selinker to Second Language Acquisition research?
Selinker introduced the notion of strategies of communication into Second Language Acquisition research in the early 1970s.
How did Selinker regard Interlanguage?
Selinker regarded Interlanguage as tolerable and supportable, because it is a by-product of the attempt of learners to express meaning in spontaneous speech.
Why do second language learners resort to communication strategies?
Second language learners resort to communication strategies in order to avoid breakdown in communication and to compensate for the deficiencies in their L2 linguistic resources.
What is the definition of communication strategies according to most researchers?
According to most researchers (Tarone, Færch & Kasper, Bialystok), communication strategies are the ways and means we employ when we experience a problem in communication, either because we cannot say what we would like to say or because we cannot understand what is being said to us.
What are some sources of communication problems?
The sources of communication problems can be linguistic (lack of necessary knowledge of the language), cultural (not aware of or cannot cope with the cultural demands of the situation) or even contextual (someone or something makes it difficult to follow a conversation).
When was the notion of communication strategies introduced into Second Language Acquisition research?
The notion of communication strategies was introduced into Second Language Acquisition research in the early 1970s.
Has there been a universally accepted definition of communication strategies?
No, there is no one definition of communication strategies which has been accepted by all researchers.
Communication strategies are employed when we experience a problem in ______, either because we cannot say what we would like to say or because we cannot understand what is being said to us.
communication
Communication strategies can address problems that are ______, cultural, or contextual in nature.
linguistic
Interlanguage is a linguistic system used by second language learners that falls somewhere between the L1 and the L2 system, and is regarded as ______ and supportable.
tolerable
Selinker was the first to introduce the notion of ______ of communication in Second Language Acquisition research.
strategies
Many ______ taxonomies of communication strategies have been proposed due to the lack of a universally accepted definition.
different
Communication strategies are the ways and means we employ when we experience a problem in ______.
communication
Learners resort to certain strategies in order to avoid breakdown in communication and to ______ for the deficiencies in their L2 linguistic resources.
compensate
They are potentially conscious plans for solving any language-related problem in reaching a particular communicative goal
Communication strategies
Communication strategies are attempts to manipulate a ______ system
linguistic
Communication strategies can apply equally well to ______, lexical, syntactic, sociolinguistic/sociocultural and pragmatic difficulties
phonological
Communication strategies are believed to be ______ plans
potentially conscious
Communication strategies are used to make communication possible or easier to achieve when it is ______
hard or even impossible
Communication strategies are attempts to manipulate a linguistic system by using ______ available linguistic resources
immediately
Communication strategies address any aspect of the linguistic system that makes communication hard or even impossible to ______
achieve
Communication strategies are ______ plans for solving communication-related problems
conscious
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