STRATEGIILE COMPENSATORII ÎN EXPRIMAREA ORALĂ LA NIVELURILE A1 ȘI A2: O REALITATE LINGVISTICĂ ÎN ROMÂNA CA LIMBĂ STRĂINĂ (RLS)

COMPENSATORY STRATEGIES FOR A1 AND A2 ORAL PRODUCTION IN ROMANIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (RFL)

Abstract

In the field of Romanian as a Foreign Language (RFL), the basic levels of language proficiency (A1 and A2) have always been a subject of intense discussion, in an attempt to find solutions to train, develop and practice oral expression when non-native speakers (NNS) do not have sufficient linguistic resources to convey the desired communicative intention. 
Often, in their desire to maintain the conversational act, despite not knowing the words, non-native speakers (NNS) resort to various ‘survival’ methods, called communication strategies, which play a vital role in speaking. In a simple interaction (native speaker with non-native speaker or two non-native speakers), we can encounter various such strategies aimed at signaling or repairing a problem in oral production. In the present study, we will try to present, with examples, the diversity of communicative strategies through a basic theoretical framework, then we will focus on compensatory strategies which we will analyze closely, pointing out not only their presence in interlanguage (IL) since the A1 level, but also the importance of using them in the teaching of RFL.