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Second Foreign Language Learning Strategies From the Perspective of Students

Table 3: Frequency of usage of the selected compensation subgroups

Strategies and techniques Frequency average value Always or usually (percentage, %) Rarely or never (percentage, %)
Subgroup - Guessing intelligently 3.76 61 11
Using linguistic and other clues
Subgroup - Overcoming limitations 3.46
Getting help 3.85 71 12
Using mime or gesture 2.83 32 41
Avoiding communication partially or totally 3.27 45 29
Selecting topic 3.70 68 16
Adjusting or approximating the message 3.83 68 8
Coining words, neologisms 3.17 46 33
Using a circumlocution or synonym 3.52 51 13
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