مجلة علوم اللغة العربية وآدابها
Volume 18, Numéro 2, Pages 736-756
2026-09-15

Iinvestigating Learners’ Communication Strategies And Their Effectiveness In An Efl Oral Classroom Context: Case Study: First Year Lmd English Language Students At Dr. Moulay Tahar- University Of Saida. On The Light Of Tarone’s Taxonomy.

Authors : Slimane Lakhdari .

Abstract

This study sheds light on first year general English learners’ in- class oral communication competencies, while responding to their teachers’interactive tasks. First Year general English learners (LMD) at Dr. Tahar Moulay- Saiida University cannot communicate spontaneously, using the target language. They find it difficult to maintain communication. Learners contextually fail to deliver their oral feedback, they make pauses, they express their perplex whenever things appear unclear or less debatable. They resort to strategies to convey their ideas. The researcher, however uses a descriptive, statistical and empirical approaches to conduct this study; standing on a triangulation of research tools as classroom observation, questionnaires and an interview. Findings are interpreted and represented using graphs and charts. The first year English language learners resort to the communicative strategies to keep the flow of the communication process and to maintain the communicative channel vital.

Keywords

Communicative competence ; communication strategies ; foreign language ; mother tongue ; second language acquisition ; target language.