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The Influence Of Learning Styles On Senior Middle School Students' English Learning

Posted on:2006-04-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D M DingFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360182455667Subject:Education
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As one of the principal branches of learner's individual differences in EFL/ESL learning,learning styles attract more and more academic concerns of foreign or second language teaching worlds. This thesis is designed to investigate into the learning styles of 93 senior students of middle school from one dimension: perceptual learning styles.This thesis approaches the subject matter from one dimension- perceptual learning styles. The researcher wants to find out in the investigation how learner's difference in their learning styles is related to their achievements of NMET(model). Based upon the results, the investigation aims to find out the features of the subjects and to facilitate the matching of learning styles with teaching styles, and to promote the English learning achievement.There are six parts of this thesis: Part one starts with a brief introduction to the aims and significance of this investigation, followed by the clarification of the constructs of learning styles. In Part Two, we present the representative theories in this regard. The third part introduces the theories proposed for an extensive and deep understanding of learning styles: perceptual learning styles. In Part Four, we first advance the hypotheses, then provide some information concerning the subjects, instruments as well as the procedure of the investigation.In part Five concerns itself with data analysis and discussion which falls into five steps: at the outset, to understand the general distributive tendency of the data involved, descriptive analyses are made of the data concerning learning styles and NMET(model) achievements; an analysis is designed to find out how learning styles contribute to NMET(model) achievements. Linear regression analysis is made to serve the purpose. Finally, correlation analysis is conducted to understand the relationship between aspects of perceptual learning styles under discussion. Each analysis is followed by the discussion in respective regard. The thesis ends with Part Six which contains the conclusions and implication of the investigation as well as the suggestions for further research in this regard. Limitations of this investigation are presented in this part.Based upon the results of data analysis, the researcher concludes that:l)the middle school students in China prefer kinesthetic and individual learning most and group learning least;2) group learning is negatively correlated to writing and cloze scores; and tactile learners score poorly in pronunciation and reading;...
Keywords/Search Tags:learning styles, perceptual learning styles, investigation
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