This article is based on a study which aims at finding out the quality of the communication strategies implemented in the speaking model texts available in the senior high school English textbooks published by Semarang Municipality. The model speaking texts in the textbooks are segmented into turns and moves as suggested by Eggins and Slade (1994). The communication strategies are classified referring to Murcia et al. s (1995) classification. The results reveal that only 4 out of 32 texts employ communication strategies of various kinds which have potential of effective implementation.