Learning Styles and Their Relation to Teaching Styles

Hawkar Akram Awla

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Learning Styles and Their Relation to Teaching Styles

Hawkar Akram Awla

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 2, Issue 3)

Received: 18 May 2014 Accepted: 7 June 2014 Published: 20 June 2014

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Abstract

It is widely believed that understanding students’ learning style and preferences can benefit both students and teachers. As students learn in various ways, it appears impossible to change the learning style of each student in the classroom. Instead, teachers might modify their teaching style so as to be more consistent with their students learning style. The purpose of this paper is three-fold.: first, to define and classify the concept of learning styles; second, to give an account of the significance of identifying and understanding learners’ learning styles; third, to argue that students will have better achievements, if their teachers’ styles or the way they receive instruction matches their learning style. Moreover, it is suggested that teachers should take a balanced approach to teaching styles so that they can cope with various learning styles. The study takes a theoretical approach to review relevant literature on the topic and present various view points on matching and/or mismatching leaning styles with teaching styles.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 2, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20140203.23
Page(s)	241-245
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Learning Styles, Teaching Styles, Matching Learning Styles and Teaching Styles

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The University of Koya, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, English Department, Koya, Iraq

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