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Download full textMahdi, Dawood Ahmed – English Language Teaching, 2014
The main purpose of learning a foreign language is to use it for meaningful and effective communication both inside and outside the classroom. This paper is devoted to identifying the main communication difficulties faced by EFL students at King Khalid University (KKU) and exploring the reasons that lie behind these difficulties. The paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), College Students, Oral Language
Lai, Hongling – English Language Teaching, 2010
This paper explores the gender effect on the use of communication strategies (CSs). The study collected the data of 36 Chinese EFL learners when they fulfilled communicative tasks as the basis for analysis. The statistical results show that no sex-related significant, direct effect was identified on the frequency and types of CS use, but the sex…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Communication Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
