It is recommended that it is useful to incorporate a formal instruction on CSs along with some
awareness-raising activities in school curriculum. In this way, students could develop their
strategic competence through using various kinds of useful communication strategies as some
previous researchers (e.g., Dornyei, 1995; Nakatani, 2005; Le, 2006; Kongsom, 2009) have
confirmed that CS training in the classroom could literally help students to communicate more
effectively, raise students’ awareness of CSs, and enhance students’ confidence in speaking
English.