Foreign language learning styles are aimed at facilitating students’ learning and therefore
the teaching style used is important in terms of matching learners’ styles to their educational
needs. The present study was aimed at investigating several dimensions of primary school
students’ language learning styles and the ways in which certain styles are shaped and favored
by teachers’ teaching styles. The primary aim was to find out whether or not the measures
taken by the Turkish Ministry of Education regarding rectifying the shortage of teachers of
English as a foreign language have had an effect on the learning styles of primary school
students. The secondary aim was to examine the varying learning styles of EFL students in
two primary schools and to establish whether or not there has been a change in these learning
styles. Finally, the researcher examined whether or not the economic conditions of the schools
had an influence on the students’ learning styles. |