چکیده:
This work supports the effectiveness of the employment of communication
strategies for better and more efficient communication. Communication strategies
varies as a function of different factors such as personality traits,
pedagogical setting, L2 context, etc. The present research aimed at delving into
the relationship between shyness, task nature and the frequency and type of
communication strategies used by the subjects. The subjects of the study were
168 male and female students at Ilam university and Islamic Azad University of
Tehran (South Branch). The subjects took a Michigan test of language
proficiency. Out of 168 subjects taking the Michigan test, 106 were found to be
homogenous and qualified to take part in three different communicative
activities: Free Discussion, Translation, and Story Reconstruction. Out of the
106 subjects 102 took part in the above-mentioned activities. They were also
given to fill up the Stanford Shyness questionnaire.
The statistical procedure of Chi-Square was used for the purpose of the study.
It was shown that shyness affects the adoption and choice of communication
strategies negatively. i.e. non-shy students use more communication strategies
than their shy counterparts, and also that non-shy students use more achievement
strategies vis-à-vis their shy friends, while the latter group preferred to use
more avoidance strategies. The study, however, couldn’t establish and confirm
any relationship between the type of task and the type of communication
strategies used by the subjects.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"The present research aimed at delving into the relationship between shyness, task nature and the frequency and type of communication strategies used by the subjects.
As shyness has been observed in actual behaviour and on a range of psychophysiological data, the most prevalent of which being measures of verbal fluency, so out of these factors, the present study is to deal with the relationship between this personality trait and the use of CSs as reliably documented aspects of communication and verbal fluency (Bialystok 1990).
As the author states: “The definition of communication strategies that follows from this framework is that they are the dynamic interaction of the components of language processing that balance each other in their level of involvement to meet tasks demands” (Bialystok, 1990: 138).
Running the calculation on SPSS version 10, and finding the crosstabulation and Phi-Crammer Chi Square value, the following results were foung: Low-Shy (41) Medium-Shy (41) High-Shy (41) 263 235 172 209 218 214 Achievement Avoidance As in the other case, in order to know if the null hypothesis can be rejected, the most probable value for x2 with 2 degrees of freedom was spotted and found to be 5.
The results of the present study showed a significant relationship between shyness and CSs. AS shy people cannot express themselves in public and in stressful situations, the teachers can create a stress-free and friendly classroom atmosphere in which the learners are encouraged to participate in life-like authentic and meaningful communication, containing structures and leical items a little above their proficiency level."