The role of culture in perceptual learning styles

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Article 4, Volume 41, Issue 1 - Serial Number 160, April 2009, Pages 59-73   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jls.v41i2.13199

Abstract

The major aim of this article is to determine the role of culture in perceptual learning style (PLS) preferences of Iranian English learners, in order to minimize teacher-student style conflict in the classroom. To do this, 400 university students from different fields of study were selected from Allameh Tabatabaee University in Tehran, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. The subjects were asked to answer Reid’s questionnaire (1987) which was designed to specify 6 types of learning styles including: visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, individual and group. The results indicated that: (a) the subjects mostly drew on tactile and kinesthetic styles and had the least preference for the individual style of learning. (b) No meaningful association was found between gender, age, proficiency and preference for certain style.