Son, Bo Gyeong;
(2004)
Language learning styles: An empirical investigation into the concept of 'learning style' in the context of Korean university students.
Masters thesis (M.Phil), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This study aims to identify the language learning styles of a group of Korean university students, and to explore their cultural beliefs and attitudes about learning in relation to the use of learning strategies. Questionnaires were administered to fifty-four students of English in their third or fourth year, and two interview sessions were subsequently conducted with them. Questionnaire data from forty-five of these students and interview data from six are focused on in this study, and the data from the two sources - questionnaires and interviews - are compared and contrasted. The major findings concern the issue of mixed styles and variability in the use of learning strategies. The students of these case studies showed patterns of a limited mixture vs. a diverse mixture of learning styles. Data analysis indicates that difference between these two patterns seems to be strongly related with different degrees of using various learning strategies in the face of different teaching methods or learning tasks. Cases of a limited mixture of learning styles have one predominant style and the other far less dominant and tend to stick to the strategies compatible with their predominant learning styles or the strategies they have been feeling comfortable to use in their cultural context. These findings can be attributed to cultural factors influencing beliefs and attitudes. Cases of a mixture of diverse learning styles have various learning styles combined to a more or less similar degree between each style and tend to be flexible in the use of various learning strategies. Strong self-awareness, motivation and will power also seem to be additional influencing factors facilitating the flexible use of strategies. Based on these findings implications for pedagogy and methodology are considered.
| Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | M.Phil |
| Title: | Language learning styles: An empirical investigation into the concept of 'learning style' in the context of Korean university students |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Thesis digitised by ProQuest. |
| Keywords: | Language, literature and linguistics; Education; English as a second language |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10116289 |
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