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methods are good, while less than half of international students (41.3%) think theyare suitable. Many international students (40.8%) don’t feel good at the beginning.Question III.2. If you selected C in Question 1, please give your reasons:Table 18 (Question III.2) Reasons for selecting C in Question 1If you selectedC in Question1, please giveyour reasonsdifferentCountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia6 25 31Percentage 10.5% 27.8% 21.1%difficult Count 6 17 23Percentage 10.5% 18.9% 15.6%don't like Count 25 32 57Percentage 43.9% 35.6% 38.8%other Count 20 16 36Percentage 35.1% 17.8% 24.5%Total Count 57 90 147Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 18 suggests that the reason for local students feel the teaching method is notsuitable is they just don’t like it (43.9%) while the reason for international students isthat they feel it is different from their previous teaching methods (27.8%) and theydon’t like it (35.6%).Question III.3. Preferred teaching methods?Table 19 (Question III.3.A) Preferred face-to-face lectures and taking notesPreferred face-tofacelectures andstudents takingnotes1 stronglydisagreeCountStudent categoryAustralianInternationalTotalAustralia8 25 33Percentage 2.1% 3.9% 3.2%2 Count 33 58 91Percentage 8.7% 9.1% 8.9%3 Count 85 145 230Percentage 22.3% 22.7% 22.6%4 Count 158 246 404Percentage 41.5% 38.6% 39.6%Count5 stronglyagree97 164 261Percentage 25.5% 25.7% 25.6%Total Count 381 638 1019Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 19 shows that more local students (41.5%) like face-to-face lectures andtaking notes than international students (38.6%).24