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The Students\' learning styles in learning english at SMPN 1 Wonosari / Yayang Rinastalia Madika

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ABSTRACT Madika Yayang Rinastalia. 2008. The Students Learning Styles in Learning English at SMPN 1 Wonosari. Study Program of English Language Education Faculty of Letters State University of Malang. Advisor Dr. Suharmanto M.Pd. Keywords Learning styles Learning English SMPN 1 Wonosari The success of teaching-learning process is not only determined by how the teachers teach but also most importantly and principally is determined by how the students learn. Language learning styles is one of the main factors that help determine how the students learn a second or foreign language. However the students have different personalities so they learn in many ways or styles. Moreover the match between the students learning styles and the teachers teaching styles can enhance an effective teaching-learning process. Thus it is important for teachers to be aware of their students learning styles. It is clear then that one factor which can lead to the success of a language teaching-learning process is the match between students learning styles and the teaching methods used by the teachers. Due to the importance of knowing the students learning style and limited number of studies done on identifying the students learning style difference this study is conducted. This study investigates the learning styles preferences of the SMPN 1 Wonosari students according to two variables gender and levels of the study whether the differences are significant. The students learning styles preferences to be measured are visual auditory kinesthetic tactile group and individual. The design of this study is principally descriptive quantitative. A descriptive study is aimed at describing the current phenomena that is the real situation at the time of conducting the research. This study is a Replication of the previous studies by Reid (1987). However this study only uses two variables gender and levels of the study. The other variables such as cultural background English ability are omitted because of the homogeneity of the subjects. There are 351 students at SMPN 1 Wonosari which consist of 180 males and 171 females. For a practical reason this study takes only one class of each grade as a sample. As a result VII-A VIII-A and IX-C classes were chosen as the samples of this study. VII-A class consists of 38 students while VIII-A class is comprised 44 students and IX-C class has 37 students. Therefore there are 119 students as the subjects of this study. The instrument used to collect the data is the perceptual learning styles questionnaire designed by Joy M Reid consisting of 30 items that the students rate on a five-point scale from 4 to 0. These items are randomly arranged sets of 5 statements on each of the six learning styles preferences to be measured. To facilitate the learners response and to avoid misinterpretation the questionnaire is translated into Indonesian by Sari (2001). For the data analysis first the writer collects data from the questionnaires from the students. Then the data from the questionnaire is then classified according to each of the students variables. The students scores on each learning 6 style for each variable are then classified into three categories set up by Reid major minor and negative learning styles preferences. Then to find the significant differences among the variables Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied. The study indicates that the students of SMPN 1 Wonosari preferred to have group and auditory as their major learning styles visual kinesthetic tactile and individual as their minor learning styles and they do not have any negative learning styles. The result of the study also shows that according to gender females prefer group and auditory as major learning and visual kinesthetic tactile and individual as their minor learning styles. Auditory and group are male s major learning styles and their minor learning styles are visual kinesthetic and tactile while individual is their negative learning styles. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) using SPSS for windows of each style shows that there is significant differences at the .05 level at the auditory learning styles it shows that female students are more auditory than male students. The students learning styles preferences means of three levels of study shows that the first graders prefer group visual and auditory as their major learning styles Whereas kinesthetic tactile and individual are their minor learning. Group and auditory are the second graders major learning styles and visual kinesthetic tactile and individual as their minor learning styles. Auditory and group are the third graders major learning styles and their minor learning styles are visual kinesthetic and tactile. ANOVA finds significant difference at the .05 level at the auditory learning style. It is found that the first graders are the less auditory than the other levels while the most auditory is the second graders. ANOVA also shows that there is a significant difference at the visual learning style it is found that the first graders are the most visual than the other levels. The results also showed that the first graders are likely to be successful learners since they have multiple learning styles and they do not have any negative learning styles so they seem not to have any difficulties in learning since they can process information in whatever way it is presented. Based on the finding the writer suggests that English teachers help their students identify their learning style preferences. Then Identification of the students learning styles should also be followed by applying various ways of teaching. The writer also suggests that the students be aware or their learning styles so they will be aware of their strength and weakness. After that they can find the most suitable strategies for their learning. This school is also expected to do any efforts to support the students by providing such learning facilities such as tape recorder and cassettes or other medias that can help the students learn English well.

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DDC

Rs 420.7 MAD s

Prodi

Skripsi (Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, 2008.

Deskripsi Fisik

xiii, 99 hlm. : il. : tab. ; 30 cm

Bahasa

No Reg

00270/KI/09

Edisi

Skripsi (Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang. 2008

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - GAYA BELAJAR
2. BAHASA INGGRIS - METODE BELAJAR

Pembimbing

1. SUHARMANTO

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