Abstract: In Myanmar, our new basic education system is shifting towards child-entered approach and new English curriculum focus on four skills. To implement new education system well, the qualified teachers who were interested and satisfied with their English learning process in their respective education colleges are vitally needed. To be successful in teaching learning process, the urgent need is to know about the learning strategies and learning styles of students. This study was focusing on it. In this study, a total of 320 participants from Sagaing Education College and Mandalay Education College were included. A quantitative research method, one of the descriptive methods, was used. As instruments, the Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ) developed by Reid (1987) was used to identify learning style preferences of the participants and the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) developed by Oxford (1990) was used to identify the English language learning strategy preferences of the participants. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test and Pearson Correlation was used to examine the learning style preferences, the English language learning strategies and the relationship between English language learning strategies and learning styles of participants according to research objectives. The results of this study clearly showed that participants used kinaesthetic or tactile learning style at most and individual learning style at least in their learning process. For English language learning strategies, according to the results, participants learned English with the most use of metacognitive strategies and with the least use of memory strategies. It was found that there was a significant positive correlation between visual learning style and metacognitive learning strategies. The analysis showed a significant positive correlation between kinaesthetic or tactile learning styles and the use of metacognitive learning strategies. Therefore, it was concluded that there was statistically significant correlation coefficient between visual learning styles and metacognitive learning strategies (r (318) = .116, p = .039) and kinaesthetic or tactile learning styles and metacognitive learning strategies (r (318) = .125, p = .025).
Keywords: English Language, Language Learning, Learning Styles, Language Learning Strategies and College Students.
Title: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND LEARNING STYLES OF EDUCATION COLLEGE STUDENTS IN MYANMAR
Author: HTET HTET SANDY, MOSES KARGBO, AYE CHAN AUNG
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 13, Issue 1, January 2025 - March 2025
Page No: 88-97
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Published Date: 30-January-2025
