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Examining the effects of proficiency, gender, and task type on the use of communication strategies

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: This paper reports on the study of the frequency of communication strategies, their relationship to task types, and gender differences in the use of CSs.A CS questionnaire was administered to 227 students at elementary, pre-intermediate, and intermediate levels.The results indicated that a) language proficiency does not influence the frequency of the CSs b) the task type has a significant impact on the type of CS employed, c) gender differences in the use of CSs are only significant for circumlocution, asking for clarification, omission, comprehension check, use of fillers, and over explicitness.

Source: Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras

DOI: 10.30827/digibug.31960

Author: Shiva Kaivanpanah

Institution: University of Tehran

Language: English

Topic: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W259509835