In the age of globalisation, English has played an increasingly important role as the medium of communication among people from different non-English speaking countries and Thailand is no exception. English is no longer a mere subject to be learnt in the classroom but also a medium for social and practical use (Foley,2005).
Canale (1983:23) and Canale and Swain (1980:5) defined strategies competence as "the mastery of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies in L2 used when attempting to compensate for deficiencies in the grammatical and sociolinguistic competence or to enhance the effectiveness of communication.
Kellerman (1991) advocates against such training and believes that learners can transfer these strategies naturally from their native language to the target language.