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Title: Strategic Competence in an ELT Syllabus
Author(s): GHALEB, Rababah
Journal: ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Volume: 145    Date: 2005   
Pages: 145-166
DOI: 10.2143/ITL.145.0.562912

Abstract :
Communication strategies (CSs) are important in helping learners to communicate successfully when they are faced with a production problem due to their lack of linguistic knowledge. This paper aims to support the importance of developing second language learners' strategic competence and making communication strategies part of an ELT syllabus. This paper first discusses the various definitions of strategic competence and communication strategies. Then it briefly presents various communication strategies used by second language learners to solve their communication problems. The major portion of this paper is devoted to strategy training and its advantages in language learning. Finally, the paper concludeswith the importance of introducing tasks and activities on communication strategies in an EFL syllabus, and suggests ways of improving teaching methodology.