A Case Study of a Chinese learner’s Learning Style in English Studying

Mi Zhang

Abstract


This essay focus on the second language learning styles of a L2 learner, utilizing Learning style survey, designed by Andrew D. Cohen, Rebecca L.Oxford and Julie C.Chi, and self-designed interview. The data have indicated that the learner's learning style remained relatively constant throughout his time in language studying, but it would change in different environment, in different stages of learning English. And his learning style is related to his reading. This essay is organized as follows. Section 2 gives a brief overview of learning styles. In section 3, it proposes research questions that would be investigated in this report. And section 4 and 5 provide methodology and information of participant. Section 6 presents the data and results. And section 7 considers these results with previous findings. Section 8 concludes this report.

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learning style; L2 learner; learning style preferences

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36012/fhe.v2i1.1571

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