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EFL Undergraduate Students’ Learning Style Preference

Hendrikus Male

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In the present, one of the most current issues in EFL context is that the learning approach that must be put into account by the teacher or faculty before designing or creating a more various teaching methods or approaches in their teaching activities. The aim of this study was to investigate the most dominant of EFL Students‘ learning styles preferences and to increase the teachers and faculties‘ awareness and understanding of the strength of learning styles in teaching and activities process. The respondents were administered a questionnaire which was adapted from Cohen, Oxford, and Chi‘s (2001) Learning Style Survey (LSS). To support the data, interview was also conducted to a number of respondents. The result of data analysis showed that the primary and secondary learning styles of the students‘ preferences were visual and kinesthetic. Whereas auditory was the last learning style preference found in the study.

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In the present, one of the most current issues in EFL context is that the learning approach that must be put into account by the teacher or faculty before designing or creating a more various teaching methods or approaches in their teaching activities. The aim of this study was to investigate the most dominant of EFL Students‘ learning styles preferences and to increase the teachers and faculties‘ awareness and understanding of the strength of learning styles in teaching and activities process. The respondents were administered a questionnaire which was adapted from Cohen, Oxford, and Chi‘s (2001) Learning Style Survey (LSS). To support the data, interview was also conducted to a number of respondents. The result of data analysis showed that the primary and secondary learning styles of the students‘ preferences were visual and kinesthetic. Whereas auditory was the last learning style preference found in the study.

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In the present, one of the most current issues in EFL context is that the learning approach that must be put into account by the teacher or faculty before designing or creating a more various teaching methods or approaches in their teaching activities. The aim of this study was to investigate the most dominant of EFL Students‘ learning styles preferences and to increase the teachers and faculties‘ awareness and understanding of the strength of learning styles in teaching and activities process. The respondents were administered a questionnaire which was adapted from Cohen, Oxford, and Chi‘s (2001) Learning Style Survey (LSS). To support the data, interview was also conducted to a number of respondents. The result of data analysis showed that the primary and secondary learning styles of the students‘ preferences were visual and kinesthetic. Whereas auditory was the last learning style preference found in the study.

Key concepts: Kinesthetic learning, Learning styles, Preference, Psychology, Style (visual arts), Auditory learning, Mathematics education, Context (archaeology)

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