ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) LEARNERS’ STRATEGIES IN ENHANCING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

This study was conducted to analyze the strategies used by English students in improving their communicative competence. The respondents in this study were 4th semester students of English Education, Muhammadiyah Sidenreng Rappang university. The data collection methods used in this research are interview and documentation methods. This research used qualitative research method.The results showed that the strategy most used by students to improve their communicative competence is watching YouTube, movies or content in English. The reason that makes them interested in improving their communicative competence is on average because they want to be able to watch videos, movies or English content without subtitles.

Keywords: Strategies, Enhancing, Communivative Competence