Predicting English Achievement Using Learning Styles of Korean EFL College Students

• 영문명: Predicting English Achievement Using Learning Styles of Korean EFL College Students
• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Kyung Ja Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제13권 제1호, 27~46쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.03.30

영문 초록

  Teachers can maximize students" L2 learning by knowing preferred learning styles. This paper presents the results of a survey that asked 309 English learners to identify their perceptual learning style preferences. It further compared students" favored learning styles in terms of their gender and major field of study and explored a possible link between learning styles and English achievement. Collected data using Reid"s (1995) questionnaire were analyzed by descriptive statistics, MANOVA, ANOVA, correlations, multiple regressions including squared partial correlations, and Cronbach"s alpha. The results indicated that Korean students favored English learning in group regardless of gender, while their preferred mode of learning was significantly different in regard to their major field of study. Certain learning styles might be profitable for English achievement. Multiple regression analyses revealed that individual mode of learning was the best predictor of students" English achievement. It furthermore showed significant relationships between visual and individual styles of learning and English performance. The findings of the study reflected students" English learning context in which English native-speaking teachers frequently used communicative pair and small group activities for speaking practices that were consonant with students" learning styles.

목차

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION
Ⅱ. LITERATURE REVIEW
Ⅲ. RESEARCH DESIGN
Ⅳ. RESULTS
Ⅴ. DISCUSSION
Ⅵ. CONCLUSIONS
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키워드

learning styles gender and major differences English achievement 학습유형 성별과 전공차이 영어성취도