Abstract
The major effort in this paper is devoted to presenting the conversation problems
facing Sudanese Learners of English in general and the problems specific to
University of Bahri‟s English language majors graduates. It discusses the notion of
communicative competence and defines strategic competence. It also briefly deals
with the various definitions of communication strategies and taxonomies of
conversation strategies. Finally, the paper concludes by the pedagogical implications
of conversation strategies.