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In globally developing world, one of the main purposes of teaching English language has been known as improving communication in order to contact easily in all real life contexts such as trading, marketing, using technology and educational atmospheres. In this sense, communication strategies that are known as facilitating communication by releasing problems of L2 learners while learning a new language has gained importance in language learning and teaching studies as stating its necessity to enhance communication effectively. It is also suggested that communication strategies have been thought not only as informal and unconscious actions but also as systematic and conscious processes for learners. Yet, nowadays it has been stated that the use of communication strategies must also be developed for young learners even if those have required meta-cognitive abilities and mental capacity in language learning process, since teaching English to young learners has been a rising concept in this era and communicating actively has also been a significant task for all language learners regardless of their ages and language proficiencies. However, it is believed that the use of communication strategies cannot be easily developed by young learners’ themselves, because they may not have enough cognitive abilities and knowledge on this field. Therefore, teachers have a keystone role on counseling and guiding them on the use of communication strategies in their language learning. For this reason, in this study, the current positions and knowledge of teachers on improving communication strategies in primary schools are tried to be revealed as referring related literature. Then, the role of teachers on fostering young learners’ communication strategies in classroom environment is aimed to be determined in terms of teaching English effectively to young learners in primary schools.