The Relationship Between Learning Styles And Language Learning Strategies Of Pre-intermediate Eap Students

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This thesis aims to identify the learning styles and strategies of students, to
check whether there are significant differences in the learning style and strategy
preferences between male and female learners, and investigate whether there is a
relationship between students&amp / #8217 / learning style and strategy preferences. A total of 60
students were asked to complete two questionnaires. One was used to identify
students&amp / #8217 / perceptual learning style preferences and the other was used to identify
students&amp / #8217 / learning strategies. In addition, think aloud protocols were held to
determine the cognitive and metacognitive strategies students used while reading. The data analysis of the first questionnaire revealed that students&amp / #8217 / major
learning style preferences were auditory learning and individual learning.
Furthermore, significant difference was found in the preference of tactile learning
between males and females. The analysis of the second questionnaire revealed that
cognitive strategies were favoured the most. No significant difference was found in
the preferences of learning strategies between males and females. The analysis with
respect to the relationship between learning styles and strategies revealed that
&amp / #8226 / visual styles had a significant relation with affective strategies / &amp / #8226 / auditory styles had significant relationships with memory, cognitive, affective,
and social strategies / &amp / #8226 / there was a significant relationship between the individual learning style and
compensation strategies.
&amp / #8226 / none of the learning styles had a significant relationship with metacognitive
strategies.
The think aloud protocols revealed that students used various cognitive and
metacognitive strategies.

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1014034/index.pdf
Date	01 January 2003
Creators	Tabanlioglu, Selime
Contributors	Seferoglu, Golge
Publisher	METU
Source Sets	Middle East Technical Univ.
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	M.A. Thesis
Format	text/pdf
Rights	To liberate the content for public access