Use of Communication Strategies in Oral Interactions: (In)Effectiveness of CLT Approach in L2 Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Awang, Suryani; Hassan, Wan Nurhafiza Fatini Wan; Abdullah, Normah; Zakaria, Wan Nuur Fazliza Wan; Razak, Siti Shazlin
Titel	Use of Communication Strategies in Oral Interactions: (In)Effectiveness of CLT Approach in L2 Teaching
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 15 (2022) 10, S.64-74 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Oral Language; Communicative Competence (Languages); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Communication Problems; Communication Strategies; Teaching Methods; Taxonomy; College Faculty; State Universities; Teacher Attitudes; Job Applicants; Employment Interviews; Classification; Language Proficiency; Intervention; English (Second Language); Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Kommunikationsbarriere; Kommunikationsstrategie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Taxonomie; Fakultät; Staatliche Universität; Lehrerverhalten; Bewerber; Employment interview; Employment interviewing; Einstellungsgespräch; Bewerbungsgespräch; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache
Abstract	Communication strategies (CS) have been generally used to overcome oral communication problems in delivering the intended messages. While studies on CS mostly involved simulated communication contexts, the current study deviates from the past studies on CS by identifying the types of CS employed by candidates of real job interviews and examining the effectiveness of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach adopted in Malaysian schools in English language teaching. The data were collected from observations made on oral interactions between candidates and the panelists of academic staff recruitment interviews at one public university in the east coast of Malaysia. The recorded oral data were imported into NVivo software (version 12) before the use of CS by the candidates were categorised based on CS taxonomies proposed by Dörnyei and Scott, and Clennell. The results revealed that the candidates employed various types of CS with fillers and self-repetitions being the most frequently employed strategies while the two least employed strategies were asking for clarification and guessing. While the results showed extensive use of CS in the interactions, the high frequency use of fillers as a time-gaining strategy might reflect that the speakers lacked competency in conveying their messages. Additionally, too much use of fillers might not be favoured by the interlocutors since the strategy could occur unpredictably. The findings indicate that CLT approach has not been effective in enhancing English language competency among L2 learners. Considering this, intervention measures to improve the current situation by looking at the root problems in the implementation of CLT are needed if the government decides to retain this teaching approach in Malaysian schools. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01