Abstract:
This study aimed at investigating the problems that undergraduates encounter in oral communicative competence. The study focused on fourth year students at Sudan University of Science and Technology. The study adopted mixed method. The SPSS program was used to analyze the data that had been collected through questionnaire and tests. The data analysis was presented in percentage forms. Also the results of Chi-square were included. The study concluded that undergraduate students use communication strategies to overcome linguistic hurdles and Communicative strategies play an important role in second language learning.. The study recommended that Students’ communicative competence should be developed through the introduction of the right type of syllabus and well trained tutors who are capable of doing that and Communication strategies can be introduced and taught to undergraduate students. Students should be trained and encouraged to use them. And having Knowledge of lexical relations is an essential element in thedevelopment of learner's lexical competence. The study suggested carrying out a similar study on using idioms in communication
