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.