A Study on Cadets’ EFL Learning Styles Preferences: The Case of Sylhet Cadet College

Md. Mahbubul Alam

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A Study on Cadets’ EFL Learning Styles Preferences: The Case of Sylhet Cadet College

Md. Mahbubul Alam

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 19 December 2015 Accepted: 27 December 2015 Published: 8 January 2016

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Abstract

Learners’ learning style preference is one of the vital issues in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) arena. Different learners learn English differently. But there must be a close proximity between the teachers’preferred teaching style and the learners’ favored learning style. The present study was done on 145 senior cadets of Sylhet Cadet College. The situation of English in cadets is no doubt good. But there are still some teaching systems that must be reconsidered and therefore renovated teaching styles based on cadets’ style preference should be introduced. To conduct the survey a questionnaire was followed. The findings show that various cadets belong to various categories of learning style. A brief analysis of the findings is presented. Besides, this paper offers some suggestions for the teachers based on the findings of the survey.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.32
Page(s)	474-480
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.
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Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic, Group, Individual, Inductive, Deductive, Communicative

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Department of English, Sylhet Cadet College, Sylhet, Bangladesh

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Md. Mahbubul Alam. A Study on Cadets’ EFL Learning Styles Preferences: The Case of Sylhet Cadet College. Int J Lang Linguist. 2016;3(6):474-480. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.32

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