Speaking English as a Second Language: Learners' Problems and Coping Strategies

Chapter 1: Introduction: Challenges of L2 Oral Communication in EFL Contexts (Alireza Jamshidnejad).- Part 1: Approaches to the Nature of L2 Oral Communication.- Chapter 2: L2 Communication as a Social Action: Silence in Oral Communication (Yamin Qian).- Chapter 3: Pragmatic Nature of L2 Communication: Spoken Grammar in Native and EFL Speakers (Yen-Liang Lin).- Chapter 4: An Ecological Perspective on EFL Learners' Oral Communication (Ruiyang Niu).- Chapter 5: Cultural Challenges for L2 Communication Among Persian Migrants in Australia (Hossein Shokouhi).- Chapter 6: Approaches to Research on L2 Oral Communication (Alireza Jamshidnejad, Reza Falahati and Etske Ooijevaar).- Part 2: The Nature and Typology of Learners' Problems in L2 Oral Communication.- Chapter 7: The Construction of Problems in L2 Oral Communication. Section 1: Communicators-Oriented Problems (Alireza Jamshidnejad).- Chapter 8: The Construction of Problems in L2 Oral Communication. Section 2: The Language- and Context-Oriented Problems (Alireza Jamshidnejad).- Part 3: Communication Strategies and Their Functions in L2 Oral Communication.- Chapter 9: The Nature and Functions of Communication Strategies in L2 Oral Communication (Alireza Jamshidnejad).- Chapter 10: The Language-Oriented Functions of Strategies (Alireza Jamshidnejad).- Chapter 11: The Context-Oriented Functions of Strategies (Alireza Jamshidnejad).- Chapter 12: The Communicators-Oriented Function of Strategies (Alireza Jamshidnejad).- Chapter 13: Conclusion and Implications for Future Research (Alireza Jamshidnejad).