| Effect | In-China (N = 10) | SA (N = 15) | Reasons | In-China (N = 10) | SA (N = 15) |
| Positive effect | 6/60% | 10/67% | To use German in the future | 3/30% | 5/33% |
| To prepare for tests | 1/10% | 4/27% | |||
| Strong interest in German | 1/10% | 1/7% | |||
| Negative effect | 3/30% | 1/7% | German being not urgent in use | 3/30% | 1/7% |
| Second foreign language being not as important as major study | 1/10% | 0/0% | |||
| No effect | 1/10% | 4/27% | Learning German out of interest | 1/10% | 3/20% |
| German being not urgent in use | 1/10% | 1/7% |