This study investigates the relationship between the use of Communication Strategies (CSs) and the proficiency level of L2 1 learners. In order to pursue this objective, three speech samples of 30 English L2 learners were collected over a period corresponding to an academic semester. Participants consisted of three groups of 10 learners each and were selected from three different proficiency levels: pre-intermediate, intermediate, and advanced. Three oral narratives were used to elicit learners' L2 oral production, in three different sessions conducted with a one-month interval between each other. Data were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively according to Dörnyei and Kormos's (1998) taxonomy for CSs classification. Analysis revealed a common set of CSs systematically used across sessions and proficiency levels with a high frequency of occurrence.