An Analytical Study of Low English Proficiency Learner's Learning Styles

The purpose of investigating the learning styles applied by low English proficiency learners is to help students understand what kind of learning approaches they are used to employing and what other methods they can still adopt to enhance their overall English learning. This paper presents qualitative and quantitative data as an evaluation of the initial implementation of the project. Forty-five subjects took part in the study and filled out a questionnaire about their learning habits and daily activities. Paired samples t-test was used to statistically analyze the students' answers to the five-point Likert scale questions. After the subjects had a full time job as garage mechanic, they listen to significantly much less English than they used to, and writing seems to be the most trouble-making and the least willingly effort-taken skill. Results indicated that their occupational experiences had to some extent an impact on some of the approaches they apply to English learning and would very likely affect their learning access, efficiency and performance. But their main learning style seems to remain visual. This study opened discussions and proposed suggestions for utilizing these findings with low English proficiency learners.

關鍵字

Learning Styles ； Learning Habits ； English Learning

並列摘要

調查低英語學習成就者學習型態之主要目的在於幫助學生了解他們習慣運用何種學習方法以及他們還可以採取何種模式以全面增進其英語能力。本文採用質化與量化之數據、資料以評估此計畫之初步執行。總計45位受測者參與此次研究，填寫了有關他們學習習慣與日常活動之問卷，然後以成對樣本t檢定的統計方法來分析他們在李克特五分量表上之作答。受測者目前為全值修車廠上班之技工，利用晚上及周末進修大學學位之學生。他們聽英語的機會比起工作前要明顯少了很多，而英文寫作似乎成了他們視為最麻煩也最不願意花工夫的英語技能。研究結果顯示他們的就業經驗在某種程度上衝擊了他們學習英語的方法使用，極有可能也影響到了他們的學習路徑、效能與表現，但他們的主要學習型態似乎仍維持在視覺學習法。本研究開啟了討論的空間，也提出了如何應用此研究發現於低英語學習成就者身上。

並列關鍵字

學習型態；學習習慣；英語學習

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An Analytical Study of Low English Proficiency Learner's Learning Styles

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