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Curtin University of Technology
SEAMEO Regional Language Centre (SEAMEO RELC)
SEAMEO Regional Training Centre (SEAMEO RETRAC)

MASTER OF ARTS

(TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES)

Intake

TEACHING AND LEARNING STYLES 683

Assignment

USING STRATEGIES IN LEARING ENGISH
AMONG STUDENTS OF THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE BACKGROUND
IN BARIA- VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY IN VIETNAM

Full Name:

Student Number: 13931711

Lecturer: Dr. Graeme Cane

Part 1: Write a brief explanation of what learning styles and strategies are.
Learning styles and strategies
I. Learning styles
Learning style is defined by many linguists: Ellis (1985) describes a learning style as more or less consistent way in which a person perceives, conceptualizes, organizes and recalls information. Or as quoted by Oxford R. (1989) that the term learning style is used to encompass four aspects of the person: cognitive style, i.e., preferred or habitual patterns of mental functioning; patterns of attitudes and interests that affect what an individual will pay most attention to in a learning situation; a tendency to seek situations compatible with one's own learning patterns; and a tendency to use certain learning strategies and avoid others (Lawrence, 1984). Learning style is inherent and pervasive (Willing, 1988) and is a blend of cognitive, affective, and behavioral elements (Oxford & Ehrman, 1988). Learning styles is also defined as “a general predisposition, voluntary or not, toward processing information in a particular way: (Skehan, 1991)
Teachers should know the learning styles because if the teaching methods used match the students’ preferred learning styles, they will learn better and more quickly. As learning improves, so too does self esteem. This has a further positive effect on learning. Students who have become bored with learning may become interested once again. Therefore the student-teacher relationship can improve because...