A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...
A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...
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communication problems due <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir limited linguistics knowledge and achieve <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
communicative goal.<br />
This study emphasized <strong>the</strong> understandability in English communication,<br />
because English had become a common <strong>to</strong>ol <strong>of</strong> international communication long<br />
time ago. However, Taiwanese adult language learners might not be able <strong>to</strong><br />
communicate easily and catch up <strong>the</strong> tempo <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world communication. Hence, this<br />
study emphasized <strong>the</strong> significance <strong>of</strong> strategy application. Crystal (1997) argued that<br />
English would be a main <strong>to</strong>ol <strong>of</strong> communication on this globe. Moreover, McKay<br />
(2002) also emphasized <strong>the</strong> compressibility in speeches might be more important<br />
than fluency. In this global age <strong>of</strong> 21 st century, communication strategies should be<br />
very applicable and important for adult learners in Taiwan.<br />
Recommendations for Fur<strong>the</strong>r Research Topics<br />
This study had been conducted <strong>by</strong> a qualitative method, which is seldom<br />
found in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> communication strategy. Besides suggesting more qualitative<br />
methods should be applied <strong>to</strong> investigate students’ understanding, agreement, or <strong>the</strong><br />
problems <strong>of</strong> using communication strategy, this study also recommended some<br />
important issues mentioned or not mentioned <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> students. Based on <strong>the</strong> literature<br />
review and <strong>the</strong> collected data <strong>of</strong> this study, recommendations for future research<br />
<strong>to</strong>pics were discovered. Through reviewing <strong>the</strong> seven volunteers’ responses in <strong>the</strong><br />
interview, <strong>the</strong> significance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se suggested <strong>to</strong>pics were highlighted.<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> following recommendations for future studies might have been<br />
completed <strong>by</strong> previous researchers in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> communication strategy, but none<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m yet had been conducted in Taiwan. Since different fac<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> languages and<br />
traditions exist among different countries that influence <strong>the</strong> people’s choice and<br />
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