What Can We Learn from Our Learners’ Learning Styles?

Lee, Bokyung; Kim, Hae-Dong

doi:10.5539/elt.v7n9p118

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“…"Formal or informal assessments of students' preferred learning styles are extremely useful tools for understanding needs for options -for both the teacher and the learner" (Nuckles, 2000). According to Lee & Kim (2014), students who are aware of their identified learning styles will achieve better academic results. Thus it can be said that style assessment actually facilitates students' learning.…”

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Ambiguity Tolerance and Perceptual Learning Styles of Chinese EFL Learners

Li¹,

He²

2016

ELT

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Ambiguity tolerance and perceptual learning styles are the two influential elements showing individual differences in EFL learning. This research is intended to explore the relationship between Chinese EFL learners' ambiguity tolerance and their preferred perceptual learning styles. The findings include (1) the learners are sensitive to English ambiguities and are more reliable on the tactile and kinesthetic learning styles than on visual and auditory styles, (2) most Chinese EFL learners have more than one learning style preferences, (3) significant gender difference exists in ambiguity tolerance, but not in perceptual learning style preferences, and (4) the four perceptual learning styles are significantly correlated with ambiguity tolerance and the auditory learning style would exert more influence on ambiguity tolerance than the visual, tactile and kinesthetic learning styles.

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Ambiguity Tolerance and Perceptual Learning Styles of Chinese EFL Learners

Li¹,

He²

2016

ELT

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“…Reflective persons possibly learn best when they are provided with ample time to take into account all potential things before giving any response. In contrast, impulsive persons can respond instantly, preferring taking risks (Lee & Kim, 2014).…”

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The Relationship between Perceptual Learning Styles and Reading Comprehension Performance of Iranian EFL Learners

Chavosh¹,

Davoudi²

2016

IJEL

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Reading comprehension is one of the most important aspects in the process of language learning. Individual differences in foreign language learning have also been a common theme among L2 researchers and various factors such as gender, aptitude, motivation, and learning styles have been the subject of numerous studies indicating their effect on language learning. Along the same lines, this study focused on the relationship between perceptual learning styles and L2 reading comprehension and how well each perceptual learning style contributes to L2 reading comprehension. The study was carried out on 60 Iranian foreign language learners. The results of statistical analyses indicated that only tactile and kinesthetic learning styles had a significant relationship with L2 reading comprehension performance. Moreover, the findings of the study revealed that the tactile learning style was the best predictor of L2 reading comprehension performance. Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that teachers should try to accommodate different learning styles in teaching reading comprehension. If the educational settings become compatible with the learners' personal orientations, learners may be able to engage in educational activities more and will thus gain an advantage in learning.

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“…According to Lee and Kim (2014), "Many researchers have contributed to learning style research in relationship to SLA for decades. Two types of research have focused on albeit overlapping areas in various studies: style identification and relationship analysis between learner style and other variables" (p. 120).…”

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Learning Styles of Students and Their Attitudes Toward Computer Assisted Language Learning

Işık¹

2019

IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education

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The main purpose of the study is to determine the correlation between learning styles of students and their attitudes toward computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Given the importance on the role of learning styles and students" attitudes toward computer-assisted language learning, the current study seeks to explore, in more detail, second language learners" perspectives on this issue by asking the following questions:1.What is the correlation between learning styles of students and their attitudes toward CALL? 2.What is the difference between ESL/EFL learners in terms of their attitudes toward second language learning and CALL? The research sample was chosen with the snowball sampling method from the United States and Turkey without looking at their individual differences. All of the 50 participants in the sample were second language learners. For data collection Cohen, Oxford, and Chi"s (2002) multi-dimensional Learning Style Survey (LSS) and Min"s (1998) Attitude Toward CALL Questionnaire was used in the study. As a result of the study, a positive scale moderately significant relationship was determined between extroverted and inductive learning styles of students, and their attitudes toward second language learning. It is also concluded that the inductive and reflective learning style was moderately correlated with their attitude toward second language learning with computers. In addition, it was found that there was a significant difference between the attitudes of ESL language learners and EFL language learners. In line with this study"s findings, further study may be done especially on deductive and inductive learning styles in order to understand how they affect language learning. Other further research focus may be on the differences between ESL and EFL learners" attitudes so as to find out their motivation to learn a language with computers.

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What Can We Learn from Our Learners’ Learning Styles?

Cited by 10 publications

References 31 publications

Ambiguity Tolerance and Perceptual Learning Styles of Chinese EFL Learners

Ambiguity Tolerance and Perceptual Learning Styles of Chinese EFL Learners

The Relationship between Perceptual Learning Styles and Reading Comprehension Performance of Iranian EFL Learners

Learning Styles of Students and Their Attitudes Toward Computer Assisted Language Learning

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