TITLE:
Communication Strategies, Attitude, and Oral Output of EFL Learners: A Study of Relations
AUTHORS:
Mina Rastegar, Samira Sadat Mirzadi Gohari
KEYWORDS:
Communication Strategies (CSs), Attitude, Oral Language Output
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics,
Vol.6 No.5,
October
25,
2016
ABSTRACT: The present study aimed at investigating the relationship among EFL learners’ speaking strategies use, attitude, and English language oral output. The data was collected from 150 EFL language institute students regarding the relationship among their speaking strategies use, attitude, and English language oral output. To this end, three instruments of the Oral Communication Strategy Questionnaire (Nakatani, 2006), Attitude Scale (Rastegar, 2003), and Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET), placement tool for language proficiency, were used. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between different subscales of communication strategies use and attitude of the intermediate Iranian EFL learners. Moreover, relationship between communication strategy use of EFL learners and their English language oral output was statistically significant. As a major conclusion, the importance of speaking strategy training in learner education with a regard to the learners’ attitude towards language learning and their oral language output should not be ignored.