ERIC Number: EJ1200054
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1916-4742
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The Difference between EFL Students' Preferred Learning Styles and EFL Teachers' Preferred Teaching Styles in Saudi Arabia
Alnujaidi, Sulaiman
English Language Teaching, v12 n1 p90-97 2019
This study investigated the difference between EFL students' preferred learning styles (PLS) and EFL teachers' preferred teaching styles (PTS) in Saudi Arabia. The participants in this study were 130 EFL students and 102 EFL teachers. Felder and Silverman's learning/teaching style model was employed to identify students' learning styles as well as teachers' teaching styles. The study's results revealed that EFL students preferred the "sensing," "visual," "active," and "sequential" learning styles. It was also found that EFL teachers preferred the "abstract," "verbal," "passive," and "global" teaching styles. The study revealed a statistically significant difference between students' learning styles and teachers' teaching styles. These results showed that there was a mismatch between students' PLS and teachers' PTS and recommendations were proposed to bridge this gap.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Cognitive Style, Teaching Styles, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, College Students, College Faculty
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia
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