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Compensation strategies enable learners to use the new language for either comprehension or production despite limitations in knowledge． Compensation strategies are intended to make up for an inadequate repertoire of grammar and especially， of vocabulary．
When you are confronted with new words and expression while reading， what do you usually do？Try making intelligent guesses about the meaning of the underlined words in the following paragraph．
Bob quickly entered the didot and cleaned the various misturaes he had been using to repair the wuipit． He had often thought that this job was extremely yullning． However， he had to admit that this time things seemed to be a bit easier． When he finished， he put on his redick and went back to the study to relax． He took out his favorite pipe and settled into the beautiful new pogtry ． What a fantastic schnappy he had made when he had bought the pogtry． Only 300 yagmas ！
Follow the directions and observe your classmates talk in English and notice the strategies they use．
1） Choose two classmates to observe and put their names in the space provided．
2） Tick the compensation strategies they use as they speak．
3） Note down the strategies that they used but which are not listed below．
4） Indicate which strategies are used most often and least often．
5） Interview one or both classmates to find out more about their use of compensation strategies．Some questions are given below to get you started．
a． Were you aware of the compensation strategies you used？
b． Why did you use them？
c． How did you feel when you used them？
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