Tesis ini membahas hubungan antara strategi komunikasi dan keterampilan berbicara peserta program Bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing BIPA level madya. Penelitian ini berancangan kualitatif. Data penelitian diambil dengan merekam tuturan peserta dalam ujian berbicara. Taksonomi D rnyei dan Scott 1997 serta tahapan keterampilan berbicara Corder 1973 digunakan untuk menganalisis data penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa keterbatasan perbendaharaan kata merupakan hambatan komunikasi utama bagi peserta selain tekanan waktu, performa peserta, dan performa kawan tutur. Selain itu, keterampilan berbicara peserta dapat dijelaskan berdasarkan strategi komunikasi yang mereka gunakan.

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This thesis examines the corelation of communication strategies and speaking skills of the Indonesian Foreign Speakers program BIPA at intermediate level. This study implemented a qualitative method. Data were colected by recording their speech in the speaking test. D rnyei Scott's 1997 taxonomy and Corder's 1973 speaking skills stages were used in this research. The research findings indicate that the limited vocabulary is the main communicative barriers. In addition, the other problems are the pressures of time, the participants performance, and the adresse performance. Thus, the speaking skills of participants can be explained based on their communication strategies.