Strategies used by students for promoting communicative competence

Abstract

The study entitled "Strategies Used by Students for Promoting Communicative Competence" was intended to find out the communicative strategies employed by the class XII learners for promoting their communicative competence. In order to fulfill the objectives of this study, forty higher secondary level students (grade XII) were selected through purposive non-random sampling procedure. A predetermined set of questionnaire including both open and closed ended items were the research tool for eliciting the required information for the study. The collected data from the respondents was analyzed descriptively with the help of simple statistical tools. From the study, students were found using avoidance strategies, repetition and memorization strategies, reduction strategies, collaborative and co-operative strategies frequently for promoting their communicative competence. Similarly, teachers were found to be focusing on student centered activities such as: group work, pair work, role play, describing things and communicative methods for promoting communicative competence of the students. The study is divided into five main chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction. It consists of general background, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter is about the review of related literature. It consists of the review of empirical literature, implications of the review for the study, review of theoretical literature and conceptual framework. The third chapter includes methods and procures of the study. It consists of the design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedures, tools of data collection, data collection procedure and the data analysis and interpretation procedures. Chapter four incorporates the results and discussion of the collected data. The fourth chapter includes the data analysis and interpretation of result. The final chapter presents conclusions and implications of the study at different levels of application. The study ends with the list of references and appendix.