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

their reasons for applying or not applying certain strategies. That is, the researchers
should discern the relationship between genders and students’ preferred strategy
application. This study also may explore the impact of diverse cultures on each
gender’s category anticipation and inflexible impression, which influence students’
willingness to apply communication strategies. The results of this study may provide
the curriculum designers and the language learners with a more efficient course
schedule, which is planned based on the students’ nature and willingness.
Communication Strategy in a Working Situation
In the findings from the fifth research question, two students (Tien Long and
Ling Mei) mentioned their feelings of cooperation strategies to be used in the
working situation. Tien Long and Ling Mei had opposite opinions about using it in a
working situation. Tien Long expressed that in the working situation, the cooperation
strategy should be applied more often in order to enhance the effect of working
together. On the contrary, Ling Mei stated the cooperation strategy should be
advisable only at school, but not in a vying working situation. Ling Mei felt that if a
person appeals for help from his/her supervisors or colleagues in a working situation,
it establishes an impression of low-level proficiency for that person.
Based on this controversy, this study recommends that research should be
conducted through surveying jobholders and bosses in an office or in an occupation
field in order to discover findings closer to the truths. This suggested study would
find out, “Would a superior feel that his employee is inept because s/he asks her/ his
colleagues words or things s/he does not know?” Furthermore, “If a colleague would
give a hand to his/her peers in order to complete their tasks when they appeal for
assistance on unknown language or information, would they assume that it is a
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