Created by Mahasiswa Pascasarjana Bahasa Inggris UNY 2018 as one of the requirements of assignment completion.

1. LANGUAGE LEARNING
STYLE & STRATEGIES
GROUP 2:
Awaliawati Wahyullah
Chandra Fauzi
Dewi Agus Damayanti

2. Brown (2000) defines learning styles as the manner in which individuals perceive and
process information in learning situations.
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Learning style is sometimes defined as the characteristic cognitive, affective, social, and physiological
behaviors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how learners perceive, interact with, and respond to
the learning environment” (MacKeracher, 2004, p. 71).
LEARNING STYLE
Learning styles are regarded as one of the crucial factors to be taken into account when designing instruction a
nd
learning environments: “Instruction designed to address a broad spectrum of learning styles has consistently
proved to be more effective than traditional instruction, which focuses on a narrow range of styles”
(Felder and Brent, 2005, p. 59)

3. Types of Learning Style
VAK learning style
KINESTHETIC
Individual discover information
through listening and interpreting
information by the means of pitch,
emphasis and speed. (learn by
listening)
AUDITORY
Learners think in pictures and learn
best in visual images. (learn by
seeing and writing)
VISUAL
Learn best with and active “hands-on
e” approach (learning by doing)

4. Types of Learning Style Cont.
Kolb Learning Style
A B
C D
ASSIMILATIVE
CONVERGENT
ACCOMODATIVE
DIVERGENT
Characterized by the ability to reason inductively
.
Best at tasks that require “imaginative abilit
y and awareness of meaning and value” .
Ability to efficiently solve problems, make
decisions and apply practical
ideas to solve problems.
Excel at accomplishing tasks by following dir
ections, meticulously planning, and ultimatel
y seeking new experiences.

5. Types of Learning Style Cont.
Felder-Silverman learning style
how you prefer to perceive or take in information.
SENSING-INTUITIVE
how you prefer information to be presented.
VISUAL-VERBAL
how you prefer to process information.
ACTIVE-REFLECTIVE
01
02
03
how you prefer to organize and progress toward
understanding information.
SEQUENTIAL-GLOBAL
04

6. Types of Learning Style Cont.
how people make
decisions based on the
information that they
have gathered.
how people respond
and interact with the
world around them.
Extraversion (E) – Introversion (I) Sensing (S) – Intuition (N)
Judging (J) – Perceiving (P)Thinking (T) – Feeling (F)
how people tend to
deal with the outside
world.
how people gather
information from the
world around them.
MBTI learning
styles

7. LEARNING STRATEGIES
 Being able to define learning strategies
 Being able to explain types of learning strategies

8. DEFINITIONS
Ancient Gree
k
Strategia: art of
war involves
optimal
management of
troops, ships, or
aircraft in a
planned
campaign
O’Malley & Chamot (1
990:1)
Special ways of
processing
information that
enhance
comprehension,
learning, or
retention of the
information
Conclusion
Oxford (1990: 8)
Specific actions
taken by learners
to make learning
easier, faster, more
enjoyable, effective,
and transferrable to
new situations.
Special and
specific actions or
ways done by
students to learn
language
efficiently and
effectively.

9. Affective
Mood, anxiety level, self-reward,
positive talk and breating to calm
oneself.
Social
Asking question to verify, help from
others, talking to native-speakers,
explore cultura and social norms.
Memory
Linking L2 concept with another
through acronyms, rhyming,
mental picture, body movement,
and flascards.
Compensation
Guessing from context in
listening and reading, using
synonyms and writing, gestures
in speaking.
Metacognitive
Planning, creating goals, arranging
materials, arranging stufy space,
evaluating own learning
Cognitive
Manipulate learning materials through
reasoning, analysis, note-taking,
summarizing, synthesizing, outlining,
and reorganizing.
TYPES OF LANGUAGE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
Dire
ct
Indi
rect

10. 02
03
04

12. The benefit of learning style
For Students
Povide some guidence for helping
student develop self-direction and
self-assessment
01
02 04
03
Help student understand their own
likely approach to learning
opportunities, and perhaps how to
use that basic approach better
Increase student learning ability
Maximize the benefit of learning
styles their own to support range of
styles to learn individually

13. For Teachers
01
02
03
04
Help teacher deliver the different choices apropriate with
student learning styles
Identify the overall assessment strategy – for example, self-
report, observation
Develop individual programmes for the children in the class
in accordance with the curriculum content and objectives
Plan how the content can be differentiated in terms of
presentation

14. 02
03
04

15. Relationship between self-directed learning
and media use
01
02
03
04
To be open to new thoughts and technologies is related to
self-directed learning.
Being connected to new things gives more chance and choice
for learning.
03 A moderate correlation between self-regulated learning and
media literacy shows how critical students can use the media
affects on self-regulated learning

16. REFERENCES
Oxford, R. L. (1990). Language Learning Strategies. Boston: Heinle and Heinle
.
O’Malley, J.M., and Chamot, A.U. (1990). Learning Strategies in Second Langu
age Acquisition. New York: Cambridge University Press.