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Percentage 91.4% 39.5% 58.7%Total Count 373 635 1008Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 43 shows that local students (91.4%) have no difficult in doing homework,while nearly one third of international students (30.1%) need the help of dictionaries.Question V.4. Are you confident about your English when participating in classdiscussions?Table 44(Question V.4) Being confident about your English to participate in-classdiscussionsAre you confidentabout yourEnglish whenparticipating inclass discussionsveryconfidentnot very buttry toCountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia323 192 515Percentage 86.8% 30.2% 51.1%Count35 332 367Percentage 9.4% 52.2% 36.4%not confident Count 11 96 107Percentage 3.0% 15.1% 10.6%other Count 3 16 19Percentage .8% 2.5% 1.9%Total Count 372 636 1008Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 44 shows that local students are more confident (86.8%) in class discussionscompared with 30.2% of international students. More than half of internationalstudents (52.2%) feel not very confident but try to be confident in class discussions.Question V.5. Do you have any English language-related difficulties in classpresentations?Table 45 (Question V.5) English language related difficulties in class presentationsDo you haveany Englishlanguagerelateddifficulties inclasspresentationshelp from othersCountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia3 79 82Percentage .8% 12.4% 8.2%need practice Count 51 294 345Percentage 13.8% 46.2% 34.3%don't present in Countgroup14 85 99Percentage 3.8% 13.3% 9.8%37