Abstract
Strategic competence is considered as an integral element of communicative language ability and
second language speaking proficiency as it is comprised of the strategies to be used whenever
there is any difficulty in communicative process or task. The present study investigated the
challenges of strategic competence in oral communicative competence of undergraduate students
of Pakistan and to explore students’ perceptions on strategic competence in OCC. The study was
based on mixed methods research design. In order to determine the ability of students in using
strategic competence in their oral communication, the students were given tasks in pairs and
groups to perform. The researcher then analysed the performance of students on a scoring rubric
developed on Bachman and Palmer’s model (1996) on communicative language ability. The
performance of students was scored on the scoring rubric of strategic competence developed by
the researcher for her PhD research. The achieved scores determined students’ ability in strategic
competence. The scores also determined which of the component of strategic competence was
more challenging. The individual interviews of the students were also conducted to seek
students’ perceptions on their difficulties and problems regarding strategic competence.
Shabana Sartaj, Syed Faisal Haider Shah, Ali Siddiqui, Shafqat Ali Qadri . (2019) 9Determining the Challenges of Strategic Competence in Oral Communicative Competence of Undergraduate Students in Pakistan, Balochistan Journal of Linguistics, Volume 7, Issue 1.
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