A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...
A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...
A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
study, based on <strong>the</strong> students’ perceptions about each strategy, indicated that <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>pic<br />
avoidance skill almost never could be used <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>to</strong> high-level adult learners<br />
<strong>of</strong> Taiwan. In fact, respondents in Tunghai University were not much differentiated<br />
<strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir English pr<strong>of</strong>iciency in this study. Based on many homogenous outcomes<br />
obtained in a class with only one pr<strong>of</strong>iciency level, this study suggested that fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />
studies should be conducted with more classes in different pr<strong>of</strong>iciency levels.<br />
The researcher suggests that fur<strong>the</strong>r research can be conducted with several<br />
levels <strong>of</strong> English learners. Students at different levels would help <strong>the</strong> researchers <strong>to</strong><br />
investigate students’ intentions related <strong>to</strong> applying different strategies, different<br />
problems encountered in applying communications strategies, and different<br />
anticipations <strong>of</strong> using communication strategies.<br />
The Correlation between Gender and Strategy<br />
Inspired <strong>by</strong> this study, a comparison <strong>of</strong> strategy application between female<br />
and male students should be conducted. In <strong>the</strong> findings from <strong>the</strong> fourth research<br />
question, Jiun Sheng revealed that his face-problem, caused <strong>by</strong> his male position,<br />
compelled him not <strong>to</strong> use cooperation strategy, especially when talking <strong>to</strong> a female.<br />
Actually, Jiun Sheng’s perceptions suggested that a future study related <strong>to</strong> gender<br />
differences should be conducted in Taiwan.<br />
Since <strong>the</strong>re are vast differences between males’ and females’ communication<br />
strategies (Wetzel, 1988), <strong>the</strong> curriculum <strong>of</strong> strategy training needs <strong>to</strong> be designed<br />
based on <strong>the</strong> target students’ characteristics. It is not an effective method <strong>of</strong> training<br />
students <strong>to</strong> use communication strategy if <strong>the</strong> curriculum used is just a copy <strong>of</strong><br />
strategy training from <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r countries. Therefore, <strong>the</strong> researcher believes that this<br />
study <strong>of</strong> gender comparison should explore <strong>the</strong> two genders’ different intentions and<br />
194