The Effect of Students’ Learning Style on Their Writing Achievement

Ahmad Aziz Hanafi

Abstract


Abstract

The purpose of this study is to know whether there is a significant difference in students writing Achievement among students with visual, audio, and kinesthetic learning styles. The study was carried out in a population of 120 students of grade XI at MAN 3 Bahrul Ulum Jombang. The researcher was used incidental sampling, incidental sampling is used to classify students' preference in learning particular differentiate from students’ learning style learners and as many as 90 students as sample. The questionnaire was prepared to collect the data concerning with the students' major learning preference and the test which designed in the form of writing an essay was used to measure students' writing skill. To achieve the aim of the study, the data were analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with help of SPSS 20.0. The researcher found that result of hypothesis testing F-testValue was (0.578) and the significant value is (0.563). Because the significant value is greater than 0.05 the mean was declared not significantly different. It means that students learning style on their writing achievement did not differ between the visual learners, the auditory learners, and the kinesthetic learners. Based on the result of this study, the researcher discovered that there is no significant difference in writing achievement among students with visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles.

 

Keywords: comparison, effect, learning styles, writing achievement   


Full Text:

PDF

References


Ahmed, O.A. (2012). The Effect of Different Learning Styles on Developing Writing Skills of EFL Saudi Learners. ISSN: 2046-9578, 5 (2).

Asmari, A.A. (2013). Investigation of Writing Strategies, Writing Apprehension, and Writing Achievement among Saudi EFL-Major Students. 6 (11). doi:10.5539/ies.v6n11p130. 1913-9020.

Brown, H. D. (2000). Principles of language learning and teaching. Addisen Wesley Longman, Inc. A Pearson Education Company.

Damrongpanit, S., & Reungtragul, A. (2013). Matching of learning styles and teaching styles: Advantage and Disadvantage on Ninth-grade Students’ Academic Achievements. Educational Research and Reviews, 8 (20), 1937-1947. Retrieved from: http://www.academicjournals.org/err

Ellis, Rod. (2003). Second language acquisition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. (2005). Understanding Student Differences. Journal of Engineering Education.

Gohar, M. J., & Sadeghi, N. (2014). The Impact of Learning Style Preferences on Foreign language achievement: A Case Study of Iranian EFL Students. Iran: Payam Noor University. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.188

Rachma, N. S., Sutarsyah, C., & Yufrizal, H. (2012). The Effect of Learning Style on Students' Reading Comprehension Achievement. The Unpublished Thesis University of Bandar Lampung. Lampung.

Rambe, H.H., & Zainuddin. (2014). The Effect of Using Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic (VAK) Learning Model on Students’ Achievement in Writing Recount Text. Retrieved from: http://jurnal.unimed.ac.id/2012/index.php/eltu/article/view/1385

Reid, G. (2005). Learning Style and Inclusion. London: Paul Chapman Publishing.

Reid, J. (1998). Understanding Learning Styles in the Second Language Classroom. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Rohmatulloh, E. (2011). The Students' English Achievement Based on Their Learning Style. Unpublished Thesis. Syarif Hidayatulllah State Islamic University. Jakarta.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.