Taiwanese students studying in the US have to be able to communicate fluently and converse like students whose first language were English in a daily basis especially in terms of classroom interaction. It is an accepted fact that foreign students have difficulty in communicating using English but the difficulty is more prevalent in students with Asian backgrounds. Very few studies have been done to measure the communication strategies that Taiwanese students use when they interact with their classmates and instructors during formal and informal interaction.

This study attempts to fill in the gap between what is presently known of the language difficulties and the use of communication strategies of Taiwanese students in America. This study specifically aims to determine the means in which Taiwanese students enrolled in the graduate programs in University of Southern California communicate orally with English native speakers. This study measured the students’ use of communication strategies to enrich their verbal communication skills; it also measured their perception of their oral proficiency and other personal characteristics.

Communication strategies were then correlated to personal characteristics and oral proficiency to determine which communication strategy was related to oral proficiency and whether personal characteristics of the participants had any relationship to use of communication strategies. A factor analysis of the communication strategies was conducted to determine what form of communication approach was preferred by the students. The variables were measured using a Likert-scale questionnaire specifically designed for this study; oral proficiency was determined by a self-report scale wherein scores reflected the oral proficiency level of students.

The results indicate that there are three major communication approaches that Taiwanese students use and prefer; the approaches are composed of different communication strategies which may be categorized as meaningful communication approach, word utilizing approach and playing it safe approach, the results also indicate that communication strategies was related to oral proficiency but was not related to personal characteristics.

The most preferred communication strategy to enhance second language skills is interacting, communicating and speaking with native English speaking students. The implications of the findings of this study are important in developing instructional approaches and methods in the teaching of second language learners and the author recommended that teaching second language learners to speak English should adopt a more interactive approach rather than teaching it in the same way as English writing and grammar.

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