Investigating Undergraduate Students’ Learning Styles and Preferences in English as a Second Language: The Case of a Public University in Ghana

Résumé

This study examines selected undergraduate students’ learning styles and preferences at a public university in Ghana. These participants were Level 100 students pursuing the Bachelor of Information Technology programme. The study sought to answer three research questions: What are the students’ learning styles? What are the students’ preferred learning styles? What characteristics do students demonstrate to establish their learning styles? Thirty participants (30) were purposefully sampled from the Faculty of Computing and Information Systems of a public university in Accra, Ghana. In this study, the research instruments used for the data collection were Fleming’s questionnaire on learning styles and semi-structured interviews. The outcome of this study revealed that the participants used all the learning styles such as Visual, Auditory, Read and Write, and Kinesthetic (VARK). The most favoured learning style indicated by the questionnaire responses was Auditory. The interview responses indicated that they used different learning styles, but each participant had the most preferred learning style. The study concluded that learners should be allowed to integrate varied learning styles to improve their learning and make learning interesting and relaxed. The study will be beneficial in formulating policies (at the tertiary education level) that seek to provide different opportunities for students regarding learning styles and preferences for studying English as a second language. Keywords: Learning Styles, Visual, Auditory, Read, Kinesthetic, Preferences

Citer ce document

Accès au document

Texte intégral en lecture en ligne, réservé aux abonnés SPHAERO et aux membres de l'institution. Se connecter

Auteur(s)

Statistiques

Consultations : 1

Téléchargements : 0