‘Making a phone call to another person for assistance’ was another reported strategy by
one student to convey a message to the interlocutor. A mobile phone is considered as one
of the extremely attractive devices for social message exchange with the potential to send
information to people instantaneously (Goggin, 2006). He reported that he called his
friend for help with the problematic lexical items or expressions. As a result, he was
successful in conveying the intended message. It is plausible to argue that language
learners can make use of a mobile phone to call other people for help in an attempt to
communicate a message to the interlocutors. This is because most people, nowadays,
especially teenagers, have their own mobile phones which can be taken almost
everywhere so that it is not difficult to contact friends or a person who could help with
the oral communication problems.