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- Title
Exploring Iraqi Kurd EFL Students’ Learning Styles at University Level.
- Authors
Hamza, Huda Kanaan; Hussein, Abeer Khalaf
- Abstract
Learning styles have gained the attention of educators specially curriculum designers due to its relation with how learners transfer information into knowledge. The present study tries to explore the learning styles of Kurd students at university level. In an attempt to find answers to the following research questions : "What are the common learning styles of Iraqi Kurd EFL learners?" and "Do Iraqi Kurd learners are able to define their styles of learning?". The study hypothesizes that English department students are visual, auditory, reading/writing and kinesthetic (hereafter VARK). It is also hypothesized that they are not able to regulate their learning styles. The results of the study have been collected by applying a questionnaire given to the sample. Furthermore, the results showed that most Iraqi Kurd EFL learners are visual and social learners that they agree with the items that are related to the above mentioned styles.
- Subjects
COGNITIVE styles; KURDS; ENGLISH as a foreign language; IRAQIS; KNOWLEDGE transfer; LISTENING comprehension
- Publication
College of Basic Education Researches Journal, 2022, Vol 18, Issue 4, p837
- ISSN
1992-7452
- Publication type
Article