Gender Differences in Oral Communication Strategies among Fiji Second Language Learners

The study explored the impact of gender on the use of oral communication strategies (OCS) among 60 first-year university English as a Second Language (ESL) students in Fiji. The OCSI (Oral Communication Strategy Inventory) was administered following an in-class oral presentation. Semi-structured interviews were then conducted with a subgroup of the participants (n = 10) to discuss why they had selected the strategies. Findings suggest that fluency, accuracy, and non-verbal strategies were the mo