JOURNAL OF PRAGMATICS, cilt.42, sa.6, ss.1680-1688, 2010 (SSCI)
The use of communication strategies (CS) varies among second language (12) learners. According to research, L2 learners resort to CS in times of difficulty. These strategies are also consciously or unconsciously utilized during language learning. One common CS strategy is the use of repetition, which entails the repetition of syntactic and/or lexical items by L2 learners.