The Perceptual Learning Styles Characteristics of EFL Learners

Abstract

AbstractThe recent study aimed to assess the EFL learners perceptual learning styles which can be defined into three components: such as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic style one. Students had to know their kinds of learning preferences so that it made them aware of their competencies as well. This research was conducted through a descriptive quantitative approach. This means that the data were collected not only in the form of numbers, and it described narratively. The collected data were taken through Perceptual Learning Styles questionnaires, documentation, and observation. The results of this study were that among twenty-four participants of EFL learners, there were kinesthetic learning styles more dominant among visual and auditory ones. The students of the ELT program at UIN Walisongo Semarang tended to study by various kind of learning. Teachers should be aware of their students’ condition. By knowing the students’ awareness of their perceptual learning styles, it would provide learners more easily to learn, and they would be successful learners (Annury, 2016). [2]Keywords: perceptual learning styles, EFL Learner