Language Learning Strategy Use of Bilingual Foreign Language Learners in Singapore

This study, using Oxford's 80‐item Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL), examines the self‐reported language learning strategy use of 678 university students learning Japanese and French as foreign languages in Singapore. The study differs from previous SILL studies in that the participants were bilingual from a multicultural setting, and the use of all 80 strategies was examined. Relationships between background variables and overall strategyuse were investigated using ANOVA. Results were significant for motivation, self‐rated proficiency, and language studied, with motivation significantly interacting with language studied. The use of each strategy by proficiency and also by gender was investigated using chi‐square. Results showed more learning strategy use among learners with higher proficiency and, unexpectedly, more strategies used significantly more often by men.