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This study identifies group disparities found in girls' high school students' use of language learning strategies and the students' beliefs about language learning. This study found that statistically, a group disparity only exists in the use of language learning strategy and beliefs regarding language learning. This finding indicates that the students in Seoul used strategies more frequently than those in Chungju, thus allowing for the assumption that students' learning ability in Seoul is higher than that of their counterparts in Chungju. This study also revealed that only the group factor had a statistically significant influence on the strategy variables, and that each belief variable is generally related to more than two strategy variables. The results suggest that the group disparities in relation to students' learning ability be recognized and steps be taken to improve the educational environment in schools where students' learning ability seems to be comparatively lower.