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ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 160 (2010) ► pp.100–111

The Nature of the Relationship between Student Learning Styles and Performance on Selected English Second Language Tasks

Implications for Teaching English in South Africa

An awareness of individual differences in learning has made ESL/EFL educators and programme designers more sensitive to their roles in teaching and learning and has permitted them to match teaching and learning styles so as to develop students’ second and foreign language learning. The purpose of the present study is to (a) determine what the learning style profiles of College of Education (Eastern Cape) students look like as well as (b) to determine if there is a relationship between the learning styles of these students and their performance on selected ESL tasks. The results indicated that the ESL college learners in the Eastern Cape displayed a variety of learning styles and also performed differently on a variety of ESL tasks.

Published online: 1 January 2010
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https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.160.05cek
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