Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students

This study investigated the relationship between learning styles and learning strategies of Malaysian students studying English through Content-based Instruction (i.e. English for Academic Purposes and English for Occupational Purposes) at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Learni...

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Main Authors:	Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail, Ismail, Yusof, Esa, Zaleha, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	PE English
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3933/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3933/1/Lang_Lg_Styles_n_Stratg-1_July.pdf

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spelling	iium-39332012-01-25T06:55:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3933/ Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail Ismail, Yusof Esa, Zaleha Muhamad, Ainon Jariah PE English This study investigated the relationship between learning styles and learning strategies of Malaysian students studying English through Content-based Instruction (i.e. English for Academic Purposes and English for Occupational Purposes) at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Learning styles and learning strategies of language learners play important roles in second language acquisition. The learning styles were investigated through an analysis of their responses to Learning Styles Indicator (LSI) (2003) while learning strategies were investigated through Rebecca Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) (1990). The study was mainly motivated by concerns about the standards of English among graduates who have been observed to be passive and reticent in the language classrooms compared to international students. An understanding of learning styles and strategies of students will enable language educators to adjust their instructional styles and strategies and provide the most appropriate instruction to the students. Preliminary results seem to suggest certain learning strategies contribute statistically significantly toward learning styles. The study will draw implications from the study for language teaching in terms of how teachers need to adjust their own instructional styles and strategies to suit those of the students. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3933/1/Lang_Lg_Styles_n_Stratg-1_July.pdf Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail and Ismail, Yusof and Esa, Zaleha and Muhamad, Ainon Jariah (2010) Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students. In: Applied Linguistics Association of Australia(ALAA) Congress, 4th - 7th July 2010, University of Queensland, Brisbane. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	PE English Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail Ismail, Yusof Esa, Zaleha Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students
description	This study investigated the relationship between learning styles and learning strategies of Malaysian students studying English through Content-based Instruction (i.e. English for Academic Purposes and English for Occupational Purposes) at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Learning styles and learning strategies of language learners play important roles in second language acquisition. The learning styles were investigated through an analysis of their responses to Learning Styles Indicator (LSI) (2003) while learning strategies were investigated through Rebecca Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) (1990). The study was mainly motivated by concerns about the standards of English among graduates who have been observed to be passive and reticent in the language classrooms compared to international students. An understanding of learning styles and strategies of students will enable language educators to adjust their instructional styles and strategies and provide the most appropriate instruction to the students. Preliminary results seem to suggest certain learning strategies contribute statistically significantly toward learning styles. The study will draw implications from the study for language teaching in terms of how teachers need to adjust their own instructional styles and strategies to suit those of the students.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail Ismail, Yusof Esa, Zaleha Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
author_facet	Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail Ismail, Yusof Esa, Zaleha Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
author_sort	Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail
title	Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students
title_short	Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students
title_full	Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students
title_fullStr	Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students
title_full_unstemmed	Language Learning Styles and Strategies Among Malaysian Students
title_sort	language learning styles and strategies among malaysian students
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3933/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3933/1/Lang_Lg_Styles_n_Stratg-1_July.pdf
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