A Study of Oral Communication Strategies Used by Chinese Non-English Postgraduates from International Teachers' Perspective

This paper is designed to investigate OCSs used by Chinese non-English postgraduate students through questionnaire survey and interview conducted to international teachers. The main findings in this study are as follows: (1) from the international teachers' perspective, students use "Time-gaining strategies" most frequently, "L1-based strategies" the second frequently and "Non-language strategies" the least frequently. But generally speaking, achievement strategies are more favored by students than reduction strategies; (2) The strategies that international teachers like students to use in conversation are "L2-based strategies (such as Approximation, Exemplification, Paraphrasing), "Non-language strategies", "Appeal for assistance strategies" and "Para-language strategies", which all belong to achievement strategies without exception.