Learning style preferences of Persian learners: Case Study of Arabic speakers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18844/gjflt.v7i1.538

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Learning styles refer to the strategies and processes that facilitate learning and understanding the concepts. So, teachers can incorporate their learning styles in their curriculum activities.  It also, will help students to be more attracted to learning session and instantly give attention to the session undertaken by the teachers. The purpose of the experiment is to ascertain the learning styles of learners using the VARK questionnaire. This study is an analysis of learning style for 100 Iraqi and Syrian Persian learners completed a VARK questionnaire to determine if their learning styles are auditory, reading/writing, visual or kinesthetic. Out of 100 participants who responded the questionnaire, their preferred learning style was visual by 12 percentages, 16 auditory, 13 Reading/writing and 20 kinesthetic. According to data analyze, we provide implications for improving learning process.

 

Keywords: Learning styles VARK; Visual; Aural; Reading/writing; Kinesthetic; Arabic Persian learners 

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Learning style preferences of Persian learners: Case Study of Arabic speakers. (2017). Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 7(1), 52–58. https://doi.org/10.18844/gjflt.v7i1.538
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