Deakin Research Online This is the published version: Shokouhi, Hussein and Angameh, Farzad 2008, Communication strategies : an interplay between proficiency and gender, Indian journal of applied linguistics, vol. 34, no. 1-2, January-December, pp. 127-150. Available from Deakin Research Online: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045959 Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Copyright : 2008, Bahri Publications