The Relationship between Perceptual Learning Styles and Language Learners’ Success in Reading Tests

Authors : Safiye ÇİFTLİKLİ

Pages : 173-190

Doi:10.22559/folklor.310

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Publication Date : 2018-11-06

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract : Learning and teaching styles in learning and teaching foreign languages are two  interrelated areas. A study in one of these fields sheds light on the other. Therefore,  interest in how people learn and how they prefer learning has increased over the years  due to an extensive amount of literature available pertaining to both learning styles and  teaching styles. Thus, this research is grounded in clarifying the relationship between  ENG 101 1 students’ preferred perceptual learning styles and their success in a reading  test. In this regard, this paper is concerned with identifying the preferred perceptual  learning styles of university students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(N= 154); considering their age, gender and  countries to determine if relationships exist between students’ success in an IELTS  reading test and preferred perceptual learning style. This study is significant as the  number of studies based on examining the relationships between success in reading  skills and perceptual learning styles is limited.  Data were gathered from Reid’s PLSPQ  to determine the focused participants’ preferred perceptual learning styles and an IELTS  reading test to investigate the relationship between individuals’ preferred perceptual  learning styles and their success in the reading test. In the analysis of the data, a t-test  and ANOVA were applied. Thus, this survey is both qualitative and quantitative. The results show there was a statistical difference between students’ success in the IELTS  reading test and preferred perceptual learning style as kinaesthetic learners significantly  outperformed other learner groups.
Keywords : preferred perceptual learning styles, reading comprehension