This study analyzed the learning and teaching styles of 10 students in a Form One English Poetry class. Questionnaires assessed the students' learning styles, which were predominantly active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, and sequential/global. Visual learners made up 50% of students. The teacher's preferred teaching style was the personal model. To accommodate different styles, the teacher should provide summaries, mind maps, outlines, images, and role plays when instructing poetry lessons. Matching teaching methods to students' learning styles helps all students better understand the lessons.

1. Learning Styles and
Teaching Styles
Haniffa Beevi Bt. Abdul Jaleel

2. Introduction
• This study is to analyze learning and teaching style on how it
impacts on students’ learning strategies.
• It is based on learning and teaching styles of English Poetry
class.
• Sample – 10 students from Form One along with teacher who
teach the subject

3. Data Collection
• 5 male (50%) and 5 female (50%) students has been sampled
in this research.
• Data collected through questionnaire.
• For Learning style – Index of Learning Style questionnaire
• For Teaching style – Grasha- Riechmann questionnaire

4. Result – Learning Style

5. Result – Learning Style
• 90% of students balance with Active and Reflective learning
style
• 10% of students will find more easy to learn using Reflective
learning style
• 80% of the students can learn using Sensing and Intuitive
learning style and 20% of them will learn better via Sensing
learning style
• 70% of students balance with Sequential and Global learning
style and only 40% of them prefer Visual and Verbal Learning
style
• 50% of the students strongly prefer only Visual learning style
and 10% of them prefer only Verbal learning style. They may
have difficulties in learning if the teaching method didn’t
match their preferences.
• Finally, 30% of students will learn better using Sequential
learning style compare to Global learning style.

6. Result – Teaching Style
• Based on the pie chart, most preferred teaching style is
‘personal model’ followed by expert, delegator, facilitator,
and formal authority.

7. Research Findings
• Around 60% of students are moderate learners in reflective ,
sensing, and sequential.
• Reflective learner –Allows little or no class time for thinking
about new information and jump into a conclusion.
• Teaching method - Teacher may guide this type of learner by
writing short summaries of the poetry .
• Sensing learner – Overemphasize intuition and may miss
important details in the poetry.
• Teaching method – Teacher can do a mind map of the poetry
studied that will enable them to retain the lesson more
effectively.

8. Research Findings
• Sequential learner - Must be taught in a sequential manner.
• Teaching Method – Teacher may provide the outline the
poetry that they are going to study to have a deeper
understanding of the lesson.
• Visual learner - Learners remember best what they see
through pictures, diagrams, flow charts, time lines, films, and
demonstrations.
• Teaching Method – Teacher can use more images in
explaining the poetry compare to text.

9. Conclusion
• In conclusion, teacher plays most significant role in preparing
the lesson which match with their students’ learning style.
• Teacher must brief the poetry in a chronological order to the
students where this will help the sequential, global and
sensing type of learners to understand the lesson.
• Teacher need to brainstorm the lesson in whiteboard where it
will enhance intuitive and verbal types of learner.
• Role play for the lesson will facilitate active and reflective type
of learners.