Language Learning Strategies Used Among International Program Students: A Survey Study

Abstract

This study aims to identify the language learning strategies among international program students. In a survey study, 30 international program students participated in the study. They were selected in a purposive sampling technique from International programs at International Relation Department and Communication Department. All respondents were from 2018 and 2019 batch classes as they already fully understand their language learning strategies that suits their behavior. A Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) (Oxford, 1990) was used for data gathering. The questionaire has 6 domains and 50 items. However, this research only used 38 items of 6 domains due to content validity reason. The result showed that, the highest score statement is from COG-15 that states “I watch English language TV shows spoken in English or go to movies spoken in English.” (M=4.43; SD= .728). While the lowest score statement is from MEM-06 that states “I use flashcards to remember new English words.” (M= 2.20; SD=1.126). The result implies that international students are most likely to undertake language learning that involves multimedia such as tv series, and movies, rather than using flashcard.