IDENTIFYING LEARNING STYLES OF STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING LISTENING SKILL IN ENGLISH CLASSES
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in English classes” has been carried out with a view to provide the effectiveness of teaching
and learning listening skill for students. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to
collect and analyze questionnaire, observation, interview with 90 students of grade 11 and
10 teachers from English classes, which led to the identification of critical issues related to
listening learning and teaching. The findings contain: (1) Learning styles affect the results
of learning listening skill differently; (2) Identifying learning styles brings considerable
benefits to the area of teaching and learning listening skill.
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