Adeola Abdulateef Elega

I make 
an 
attempt 
to 
communi
cate with
Turkish 
Cypriots 
even 
with 
language 
barrier 
Between Groups 
12.376 
4 
3.094 
2.443 .047 
Within Groups 
295.056 
233 
1.266 
 
 
Total 
307.433 
237 
 
 
 
The 
Turkish 
Cypriots 
feel 
uncomfor
table 
when I 
am 
around. 
Between Groups 
4.928 
4 
1.232 
.871 
.482 
Within Groups 
329.392 
233 
1.414 
Total 
334.319 
237 
Turkish 
Cypriots 
are 
always 
willing to 
help 
Between Groups 
4.782 
4 
1.196 
.830 
.507 
Within Groups 
335.436 
233 
1.440 
Total 
340.218 
237 
I consider 
making 
North 
Cyprus 
my base 
after my 
program 
Between Groups 
3.637 
4 
.909 
.577 
.679 
Within Groups 
366.951 
233 
1.575 
Total 
370.588 
237 
I can 
communi
Between Groups 
7.867 
4 
1.967 
1.164 .328 
Within Groups 
393.864 
233 
1.690 

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cate with 
the 
everyday 
Turkish 
language. 
Total 
401.731 
237 
If I get a 
good job 
I will stay 
permanen
tly in 
North 
Cyprus 
Between Groups 
11.777 
4 
2.944 
1.524 .196 
Within Groups 
450.189 
233 
1.932 
Total 
461.966 
237 
I know 
and use a 
few 
Turkish 
words 
Between Groups 
25.268 
4 
6.317 
4.234 .003 
Within Groups 
347.606 
233 
1.492 
 
 
Total 
372.874 
237 
 
 
 
I use 
English 
words to 
explain 
to 
Turkish 
people 
even 
when I 
know 
they 
don’t 
understa
nd me 
Between Groups 
18.697 
4 
4.674 
3.697 .006 
Within Groups 
294.580 
233 
1.264 
 
 
Total 
313.277 
237 
 
 
 
I make 
Turkish 
friends to 
learn 
Turkish 
language 
Between Groups 
12.756 
4 
3.189 
1.746 .141 
Within Groups 
425.669 
233 
1.827 
Total 
438.424 
237 
I try to 
learn 
Between Groups 
14.608 
4 
3.652 
1.815 .127 
Within Groups 
468.787 
233 
2.012 

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Turkish 
songs to 
learn 
Turkish 
language 
Total 
483.395 
237 
I follow 
Turkish 
media 
(TV, 
radio, 
newspape
r) to learn 
Turkish 
language 
Between Groups 
9.261 
4 
2.315 
1.191 .316 
Within Groups 
453.113 
233 
1.945 
Total 
462.374 
237 
I
communi
cate with 
eye 
contact 
when 
language 
becomes 
a barrier 
Between Groups 
7.645 
4 
1.911 
1.083 .366 
Within Groups 
411.318 
233 
1.765 
Total 
418.962 
237 
I use my 
hands to 
communi
cate when 
language 
becomes 
a barrier 
Between Groups 
11.317 
4 
2.829 
2.056 .087 
Within Groups 
320.649 
233 
1.376 
Total 
331.966 
237 
I use 
signs and 
symbols 
to 
communi
cate when 
language 
hinders 
me from 
communi
cating 
Between Groups 
12.963 
4 
3.241 
2.292 .060 
Within Groups 
329.474 
233 
1.414 
Total 
342.437 
237 

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When “I make an attempt to communicate with Turkish Cypriots even with 
language barrier” was taken into consideration with participants’ religion, 
statistically significant difference was found at p=.047 when P ≤ 0.05. 
ANOVA Test result was found at p=.003 when “I know and use a few Turkish 
words” was taken into consideration and it indicate that there is statistically 
significant difference at p ≤ 0.05 with respect to religion. 
ANOVA Test result was found at p=.006 when “I use English words to explain to 
Turkish people even when I know they don’t understand me” to indicate that there is 
statistically significant difference at p ≤ 0.05 with respect to religion. 
Haven done the Analysis of what the survey accedes, the next chapter gives a clear 
and pithy summary of the study and also blurs the line between the eight research 
questions of this study and the findings from the survey giving a true meaning of 
what interpersonal communication strategies Nigeria students in EMU devise to 
cope. Also suggestions for the institution of learning and further studies will be 
offered in the following chapter. 

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Chapter 5 
CONCLUSION 
This section basically gives a summary of the study in a more definite and conclusive 
approach. Conclusions drawn from the study and interpretation of results found in 
the study are discussed extensively under this chapter. The researcher recollects the 
aims of the research and the research questions and appropriate answers as the 
findings stipulate will also be linked with the aims and questions of the research. 
Assumptions of the study will also resurface as to know if researcher’s assumptions 
were right or wrong. The chapter also contains recommendations for further research. 
5.1 Summary of the Study 
This study was attempted to explore the interpersonal communication strategies 
Nigerian students in the Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus use in 
order to cope with language barrier. Since the institution of learning has a different 
language of instruction (English) with what the first language of the host community 
is which is Turkish. Aside knowing the interpersonal communication strategies, the 
researcher also deems it fit to know the effect of the intervention of new media 
thereby introducing medio communication to the face of the research since we now 
live in a new media information driven society. 
The study is basically bent on knowing the interpersonal communication strategies 
Nigerian students devise to cope with language barrier in North Cyprus. Major 
emphasis was laid on nonverbal communication in this study because in an 

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environment like this with a lot of people with different cultures and ways of life. It 
is imperative to know how communication occurs and also because nonverbal cues 
are cultural bound and they differ in meaning at different ends. According to Ntuli; 
As human beings, we communicate and interact with one another through 
language, constituted by verbal and nonverbal cues. Much of our gestures 
when we interact with others are based on our cultural values and 
backgrounds (Ntuli, 2012 p.20). 
The research was done to find out that aside cultural shock which Nigerian students 
coped with in their early days on the island, what are the ways they cope with 
language barrier every day of their life in North Cyprus since it is practically 
inevitable to avoid communication. 
The total population of Nigerian student as at the time this research was done was 
2327. It was only a very good and definite option for the sake of wholesomeness for 
the researcher to choose 10% of the population which is 232.7 and it was rounded up 
to 240 for the sample of the population. Three faculties were chosen for the research 
and they are Business and Economics, Communication and Media Studies Faculty 
and Engineering Faculty. 80 students were chosen from each Faculty with the careful 
selection of non-proportional stratified random sampling. All questionnaires were 
administered without supervision to emphasis its clarity. Questionnaires were 
collected back with only two missing from Engineering Faculty making the total 
number of questionnaires retrieved to be 238.