A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

students offered their tips on how they used interlanguage to produce speech, which
obviously was related to their own language and cultural backgrounds. Some
students did not tend to stand on any “pro” or “con” position for the application of
communication strategy. However, they shared their interesting perceptions and
in-class learning experiences of communication strategies.
Research Question Five
What Do Taiwanese University Students Perceive in Learning the Cooperation
Strategy?
Among the seven respondents, Sung Ru, Cheng Chih, Jiun Sheng, Jian Guo,
Tien Long, and Ling Mei clearly provided positive feedback regarding learning the
cooperation strategy as part of the findings from the fifth research question in this
study. Jiun Sheng and Ling Mei expressed their face problem when appealing for
assistance from others, but they still held a cooperative attitude in that
communication was important and necessary. Pei Pei perceived that when using
cooperation strategy, the communication would become similar to a discussion
instead of a conversation. Furthermore, Pei Pei talked about when she had learned
cooperation strategy before entering the university.
Sung Ru Liu
Sung Ru mentioned that she would not use cooperation strategy in her daily
life, but also that she would use it when going overseas. Sung Ru believed that the
cooperation strategy contributed to both learning and friendship. In the first interview,
Sung Ru answered:
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I used cooperation strategy in my daily life, especially when my classmates