PresenterPresenter ：： Marina LoMarina LoInstructorInstructor ：： Teresa HsuTeresa HsuDateDate ：： June 8, 2015June 8, 2015

Research Writing and Publishing II

ContentsContents

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Research Writing and Publishing II

IntroductionResearch Writing and Publishing II

Research background

Statement of the problem

The purpose of the study

Research questions

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Research backgroundResearch background

Learning English is becoming the trend in Taiwan. In order to achieve teaching goals successfully and promote student development and growth positively, teachers should take more awareness on knowing students individual differences.

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Statement of the problemStatement of the problem

The focus of most studies was on differences in strategy awareness, and learning attitudes, rather than on differences in the use of specific strategies or learning style preferences. Also, few data on the relationship between strategies and language proficiency.

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The purpose of the studyThe purpose of the study

To figure out what are the relationships between perceptual learning style preferences, language learning strategies and learning efficiency on grades 7 to 9 of junior high school in central Taiwan

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Research questionsResearch questions

Are there any relationships between perceptual learning style preferences and language learning efficiency?

Are there any relationships between language learning strategies and language learning efficiency?

Literature Review

The influence of age on perceptual learning style preferences

Definition and classification of Language learning strategies

The effective language learner

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The influence of age on perceptual The influence of age on perceptual learning style preferenceslearning style preferences

“Children develop tactual and kinesthetic modalities first, followed by visual modalities at

about the third grade and followed by auditory modalities at about the sixth grade and early secondary school years”(Price, 1980).

visualauditory

tactual and kinesthetic

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The influence of age on perceptual The influence of age on perceptual learning style preferenceslearning style preferences

Crino (1984) and Keefe (1987) also found that children were primarily tactile and kinesthetic learners and evolved to visual and auditory learners as they matured.

SocialSocialSocialSocialMetacognitiveMetacognitiveMetacognitiveMetacognitive AffectiveAffectiveAffectiveAffective

MemoryMemoryMemoryMemory CognitiveCognitiveCognitiveCognitive CompensationCompensationCompensationCompensation

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Definition and classification Definition and classification of language learning strategiesof language learning strategies

Language Learning StrategiesDirectDirect IndirectIndirect

(Oxford, 1990)

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The effective language learnerThe effective language learner

Stern (1975) noted ten strategies of good language learning and described successful language learners in the aspects of personal characteristics, styles, and strategies.

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The effective language learnerThe effective language learner

Nunan (1991) found that effective language learners displayed a high degree of autonomy, and were able to reflect on and articulate the processes underlying their own learning.

MethodologyResearch Writing and Publishing II

Participants

Instrumentation

Research Procedures

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ParticipantsParticipants

Junior high school students Central Taiwan

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InstrumentationInstrumentation

Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire(PLSPQ)

Strategy Inventory for Language Learning(SILL)

5 points Likert-scale

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InstrumentationInstrumentation

PLSPQDeveloper Joy Reid Year 1984Reliability 0.72Item 30Relation Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, group and

individual learning style preferences

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InstrumentationInstrumentation

SILLDeveloper OxfordYear 1990Reliability 0.9Item 50 Relation Memory, cognitive, compensation,

meta-cognitive, affective, and social strategies

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Research procedureResearch procedure

Drafting Research Topic

Drafting Research Topic

Purpose and MotivationPurpose and Motivation

Literature ReviewLiterature Review

QuestionnaireQuestionnaire

Methodology Methodology

Questionnaire Distributing Questionnaire Distributing

Data Analysis and ResultData Analysis and Result

Conclusion and SuggestionConclusion and Suggestion

Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ)Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ)

Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL)

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