مقاله

 

Learning preferences of students attending and not attending language institutes

Sara Jalali

Urmia University, Faculty of Humanities, English Department, [e-mail]

Masoumeh Samadi

Urmia University, Faculty of Humanities, English Department, [e-mail]

 

Abstract

In the context of language classroom, learners are by and large the consumers whose beliefs, attitudes, motivation, and preferences play the most important role in the learning path. Therefore, with respect to learners’ differences and the unique situations each learning context requires, this study attempted to investigate the differences, if any, between English language learning preferences of students studying in language institutes in addition to their language programs that schools have set up with those who mainly study English via school curriculum. To this end, 180 high school students within the age range of 15-17 took part in this study; 90 students studying in language institutes in addition to attending language programs and 90 who attended only the mainstream school program. The researchers employed a 53-item Likert scale questionnaire to survey learning preferences of the participants. The results of the t-test analyses indicated that there was not any significant difference between the learning preferences of the two groups in general; however, there were differences regarding different classifications of items namely, grouping, vocabulary learning, learning grammar, error correction, media, and learning activities. The findings are hoped to pave the way for learners and teachers to ameliorate language programs.

Keywords: language learning styles; learning preferences; high school students; language institutes; high schools

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