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Communication strategies (CSs) are systematic attempts by language learners to encode or decode meaning in a target language in situations where the appropriate target language rules have not been formed. Based on this view, communication strategies can be seen as compensatory means for making up for linguistic deficiencies of second or foreign language learners. Within the conceptual framework outlined, this paper is a report on a research conducted at Azarbaijan Teachers Education University on the students majoring in English Language and Literature. The main aim was to seek a relationship between the subjects’ use of communication strategies in solving communication problems and their proficiency levels in English as a foreign language. The data was collected by means of one-to-one interviews with the participants, and were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The results indicated that the frequency of communication strategies applied by the participants varied according to their proficiency levels, i.e. low proficient learners tended to employ more communication strategies in comparison with high and moderate ones. The type of communication strategies employed also varied according to their oral proficiency level. It was revealed that high level participants employed more L2-based communication strategies where the low proficient learners used more L1-based ones.

Task-based learning and teaching in the realm of teaching young learners is still considered an adventure since very few experimental studies to date have tackled its applicability in that age group. The present research was an attempt to find out whether using task-based reading activities has any impact on the development of text comprehension in Iranian young learners studying English as a foreign language at the beginner level. Two groups of 25 students, aged 11 to 13, were the participants of the study. Through a reading pretest, it was ensured that the two groups were at the same level and belonged to the same population in terms of the reading skill. Having instructed the experimental group with four task types and the control group with classical reading activities, the researcher compared the reading performance of the two groups through a t-test which, not surprisingly, manifested the better performance of the experimental group. A follow-up reading test also showed that the experimental group still enjoyed a higher level of reading skill after one month. Furthermore, the scores gained from the four task types were compared and it was concluded that the students performed better in tasks which involved creativity and gave them the experience of playing.

"ارتباط زبانی در یک فضای تعاملی ایجاد می گردد و در آن حداقل دو نفر تبادل نظر می کنند. صحبت کردن گوینده و درک سخنان وی توسط شنونده به عوامل زیادی از جمله شناخت زبان مورد نظر و قواعد و آداب ارتباطی و فرهنگی آن بستگی دارد. نویسنده این مقاله با دنبال کردن هدفی آموزشی، در نظر دارد تا چگونگی برقراری ارتباط زبانی را در یک کلاس زبان خارجی بررسی کند. این مطالعه اجمالی به خوانندگان امکان مشاهده محاسبن و معایب (اگر در بعضی موارد وجود داشته باشد) فعالیت های مختلف در کلاس های زبان را خواهد داد. مقاله حاضر با چند پیشنهاد که حاصل تجربه نویسنده آن است جهت ارتقا سطح بیان شفاهی زبان آموزان جوان ایرانی به پایان می رسد.