A comparatives study of students' perceptual learning style preferences and their academic achievement in learning English as a foreign language at Nelson English Language Centre, Myanmar
A comparatives study of students' perceptual learning style preferences and their academic achievement in learning English as a foreign language at Nelson English Language Centre, Myanmar
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2020
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Assumption University Press
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Scholar: Human Sciences 12, 1 (January-June 2020), 181-193
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The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptual learning
style preferences of students who are learning English as a foreign language
at Nelson English Language School (NELC) in Myanmar during academic
year 2018. This study was carried out to investigate the level of students’
academic achievement in learning English as a foreign language and to
compare the preferred learning styles with their academic achievement. The
research was conducted from 26 May to 28 May, 2018 at NELC in Myanmar.
As a major source of data collection, the researcher used Reid’s Perceptual
Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ). There were 155 students
who responded to the questionnaire and respondents’ return rate was 100%.
The data collected from the PLSPQ was analyzed by frequency and
percentage, means and standard deviations and a one-way analysis of variance
(ANOVA). According to this study, the students preferred mixed learning
style the most followed by group learning style, kinesthetic learning style,
auditory learning style, visual learning style, tactile learning style and
individual learning style respectively.
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