Open AccessLearning styles and vocabulary learning by Iranian undergraduate EFL learners
Author(s) -
Ali Panah Dehghani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
contemporary educational researches journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2301-2552
DOI - 10.18844/cerj.v11i4.5723
Subject(s) - vocabulary , psychology , test (biology) , vocabulary learning , learning styles , reading (process) , auditory learning , style (visual arts) , mathematics education , descriptive statistics , english as a foreign language , affect (linguistics) , foreign language , visual learning , linguistics , communication , paleontology , history , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , biology
Each English as a foreign language (EFL) learner may have a particular learning style which may affect the mastering of new language skills and components, one of which is vocabulary. The current study aims to find out the preferred learning style(s) of Iranian undergraduate EFL learners and their achievement in the vocabulary test. Forty-four undergraduate students took part in the study. visual, auditory, reading/writing and kinaesthetic learning style questionnaires and the teacher developed test of vocabulary were used in this study. The validity and reliability of the learning style questionnaire and the teacher developed test of vocabulary were determined. The data were collected and analysed using appropriate statistical analyses including descriptive statistics and one way analysis of variance. The results indicated that the participants were mainly auditory learners. Moreover, it was found that visual and multimodal learners had the best performances on the vocabulary test. Keywords: Learning style, vocabulary learning, undergraduate EFL learners.