THE DIFFERENCES IN READING SKILLS BETWEEN AUDITORY LEARNERS AND VISUAL LEARNERS

SUKMAN SUKMAN, JUNAIDI MISTAR, DZUL FIKRI

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Abstract: This study aims at determining the differences in learning styles of second-semester students in the English department at University of Islam Malang in their reading skills. This study uses the causal-comparative research design. The sample in this study was not determined by the researchers because the research was conducted online so those willing to fill in the research instrument will be used as a sample in this study, and the researchers get 50 students in 4 different classes. The instrument used to collect data in this study was a questionnaire about learning styles and multiple-choice reading test. The results of data analysis in this study showed that 19 students were included in the auditory learning style category and 31 students were included in the visual learning style category. Auditory learning styles category has mean 56.05 with std. deviation 14.961 while the visual learning styles category has mean 54.35 with std. deviation 16.520. The result of Independent Samples T-Test of the learning styles of the students second-semester in the University of Islam Malang on reading skills is at an equal variance assumed at 11.449 and a significance level of 0.000<0.05 Based on the value of the Independent Samples T-Test and sig. (2 tailed) above, it can be concluded that visual learning styles have better reading skills than auditory learning styles. From the results of these data, it is evident that there are differences in reading skills between the student with auditory learning styles and students with visual learning styles.

 

Keywords: Learning styles, auditory learners, visual learners, reading skill


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