This study aims to investigate the use of communication strategies by the first-year students at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry (TUAF) while performing one-way and two-way speaking tasks. The participants were 30 first year students, major in Forestry. They were randomly selected by using the convenience sampling method. Data were collected by the observation form and transcribed data of two different tasks: a picture description task (a one-way task) and a role-play task (a two-way task). | The use of communication strategies in different speaking tasks by the first year students at Thai Nguyen university of agricuture and forestry
