METHODS

2. METHODS

Korean University students studying Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) at Konyang University, Hankook University of Foreign Studies and Sangmyung University in South Korea, and Chinese university students studying Korean as a second language in South Korea (KSL) during the fall of 2008, (N=276) were administered two questionnaires, the Student Survey Questionnaire (prepared by authors), and Korean and Chinese language translations of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL Version 7.0, ESL/EFL, Oxford, 1990). Oxford (1996) reported that reliability of the ESL/EFL SILL goes down when administered in the target language, thus in this study the SILL was administered in the test groups’ native languages. The Chinese language SILL was translated by Deng Kui, of Nankai University, China and the Korean language SILL was translated by Professor Kim Jae-shin at Konyang University in South Korea.

The Student Survey Questionnaire was used to determine students’ gender, and parents’ education level.  To determine significant differences and correlations between the relative uses of language learning strategies as measured by the SILL in the two sample groups, data was statistically calculated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 11.5).