Communication Strategies in English as Lingua Franca Interactions: A Study of University Students JANIN JAFARI 10.4225/03/5a6fa86065ac5 https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Communication_Strategies_in_English_as_Lingua_Franca_Interactions_A_Study_of_University_Students/5830764 Over the last two decades, the number of international students coming to English-speaking countries has been increasing, resulting in English being a default means of communication. This study examines the communication strategies used by university students in their on-campus interpersonal communication at Monash University. The data for the study were comprised of audio-recordings of 63 participants from 22 different lingua-cultural backgrounds. Both descriptive and qualitative analyses have been conducted, resulting in a taxonomy of communication strategies used in ELF interactions. This includes five newly-identified ELF communication strategies that were not found in data for previous studies. 2018-01-29 23:03:59 ELF English as a lingua franca Linguistics