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Table 13 shows that nearly all local students (97.4%) and international students(83.5%) never use a non-English reference book, while some international students(16.5%) use other language reference books.Question II.8. Are you satisfied with the textbooks you have used?Table 14 (Question II.8) Satisfaction with the textbookAre yousatisfiedwith thetextbook1 not at allsatisfiedCountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia8 13 21Percentage 2.1% 2.0% 2.1%2 Count 30 59 89Percentage 7.8% 9.3% 8.7%3 Count 159 276 435Percentage 41.3% 43.3% 42.6%4 Count 171 243 414Percentage 44.4% 38.1% 40.5%5 very satisfied Count 17 46 63Percentage 4.4% 7.2% 6.2%Total Count 385 637 1022Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 14 shows that 45.3% of international and 48.8% of local students are satisfiedwith their textbooks.Question II.9. How often do you read your lecture notes?Table 15 (Question II.9) Frequency of reading lecture notesHow oftendo you readyour lecturenotesall the timeonlyimportantonesCountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia183 283 466Percentage 47.4% 44.2% 45.4%Count169 320 489Percentage 43.8% 50.0% 47.7%don't read Count 9 18 27Percentage 2.3% 2.8% 2.6%other Count 25 19 44Percentage 6.5% 3.0% 4.3%Total Count 386 640 1026Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 15 shows that more than 90% of students like to read lecture notes ratherthan textbooks. Nearly half of them read lecture notes all the time and another halfonly read the important parts of lecture notes. Such preferences are true for bothcohorts.22