Conceptualizing learning style modalities for ESL/EFL students  

Oleh:

Wintergerst, Ann C. ; DeCapua, Andrea ; Verna, Marilyn Ann

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 31 no. 1 (Mar. 2003), page 85-106.
Fulltext: Wintergerst_Ann_C.pdf (206.82KB)

Isi artikel

A major hurdle in assessing the learning styles of English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) students is the development of an instrument with established validity and reliability. This article reports the results of testing a newly developed learning styles instrument [System 29 (2001) 385; Wintergerst et al., TESL Canada Journal Revue TESL du Canada (in press)] on three groups of language learners: Russian EFL students, Russian ESL students, and Asian (specifically Chinese, Korean, and Japanese) ESL students to determine their learning style preferences. Results indicate that these students learn English under three modalities: Project Orientation, Group Activity Orientation, and Individual Activity Orientation. Findings further reveal that these three groups of language learners clearly prefer group activity above individual work, with the Russian EFL and Asian ESL students favoring group work and project work. The outcome of this study suggests that this instrument holds promise as a viable assessment tool for determining selected learning styles of ESL/EFL students and has sound implications for classroom teachers.

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