Looking at Communication Strategies Used by Yemeni EFL Students

Abstract

During any interactive situation in foreign language learning, the students try to
convey and share the information to each other. However, they found themselves facing a lot of
problems while interacting. As a result, they use some communication strategies to solve their
language problems such as: achievement strategies, reduction strategies, negotiation strategies,
strategies for understanding the message, non-verbal strategies and repairing strategies. The use
of these strategies varied from one student to another, some of the students use these strategies
more than other students. In contrast, some of them use fewer strategies than other students. This
paper highlights the communication strategies used by Yemeni EFL students while they are
speaking in English. This paper also provides a discussion on the communication strategies used
by the students in order to solve problems encountered during the communication process.