Communicative Experiential
Strategies
Communication strategies, such as circumlocution, gesturing, paraphrase, or asking for repetition and
explanation are techniques used by learners so as to keep a conversation going. The purpose of using
these techniques is to avoid interrupting the flow of communication (Stern 1992:265).
Interpersonal Strategies
They should monitor their own development and evaluate their own performance. Learners should
contact with native speakers and cooperate with them. Learners must become acquainted with the
target culture (Stern 1992: 265266).
Affective Strategies
It is evident that good language learners employ distinct affective strategies. Language learning can be
frustrating in some cases. In some cases, the feeling of strangeness can be evoked by the foreign
language. In some other cases, L2 learners may have negative feelings about native speakers of L2.
Good language learners are more or less conscious of these emotional problems. Good language
learners try to create associations of positive affect towards the foreign language and its speakers as
well as towards the learning activities involved. Learning training can help students to face up to the
emotional difficulties and to overcome them by drawing attention to the potential frustrations or
pointing them out as they arise (Stern 1992:266).