The use of learning styles and learning strategies in learning english as a foreign language
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2009-01-01
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Who says the people with a high IQ (Intelligence quotient) is the only one that can succeed in learning might think it twice. Many people feel frustrated when trying to study, they think they are not intelligent or they are not born to enroll in any learning process because they are unable to succeed. On the other hand, there are some others who without apparently much effort do well. However, latest research about the usefulness in learning English as foreign language has found important information on learning strategies which mean mental processes or actions used in the acquisition and the use of the English Language. Nevertheless, to make more productive those strategies students should know their learning style; this is the manner that a person has to acquire and manipulate information. Once the people know their learning style they can choose the strategies that best fit for them. This bibliographic research is a study of the use of learning styles and learning strategies in learning English as a foreign language. Its purpose is to inquire about learning styles and strategies that could be used in the process of learning English as a foreign language. It also describes the four dimensions of language learning styles: sensory preferences, personality type, desire degree of generality and biological differences. Besides, it presents the types of learning strategies direct and indirect and the benefits that these learning tools represent for teachers and students who are in the process of teaching and learning English as a foreign language.
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Enseñanza del idioma inglés, métodos de enseñanza