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  2. Communication strategies in second-language acquisition

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    The strategy of asking an interlocutor for the correct word or other help is a communication strategy. [3] Non-verbal strategies This can refer to strategies such as the use of gesture and mime to augment or replace verbal communication. [1] [9] Avoidance Avoidance, which takes multiple forms, has been identified as a communication strategy.

  3. File:Wikimedia Conference 2016 - Building a Communications ...

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    Talk; File:Wikimedia Conference 2016 - Building a Communications Strategy.pdf. Add languages. Page contents not supported in other languages. File; Talk; English.

  4. Conversation - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, if permanency or the ability to review such information is important, written communication may be ideal. Or if time-efficient communication is most important, a speech may be preferable. Conversation involves a lot more nuanced and implied context, that lies beneath just the words. [6]

  5. Backchannel (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The secondary channel of communication (or backchannel) is that of the listener which functions to provide continuers or assessments, [4] defining a listener's comprehension and/or interest. In other words the term "backchannel" is used to differentiate between the roles of the people involved in a conversation.

  6. Willingness to communicate - Wikipedia

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    In addition to this, according to Syeda Farzana Bukhari et al. (2015), students are hesitant to start a communication with an interlocutor who they haven’t seen speaking the target language. Based on these findings, it seems communicators should learn about each other, including each other’s level in the target language, before they start ...

  7. Discourse - Wikipedia

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    Discourse is a generalization of the notion of a conversation to any form of communication. [1] Discourse is a major topic in social theory, with work spanning fields such as sociology, anthropology, continental philosophy, and discourse analysis.

  8. Organizational communication - Wikipedia

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    The field traces its lineage through business information, business communication, and early mass communication studies published in the 1930s through the 1950s. Until then, organizational communication as a discipline consisted of a few professors within speech departments who had a particular interest in speaking and writing in business settings.

  9. Communicative language teaching - Wikipedia

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    (E.g., the speaker is asking for directions, the speaker is ordering coffee, the speaker is talking about a movie they recently saw, etc.) The students converse in pairs for a designated amount of time. This activity gives students the chance to improve their communication skills in the TL in a low-pressure situation.