The Relationship between Learning Style Preferences and Reading Strategy Use in English as a Foreign Language

• Authors: Elżbieta Danuta Lesiak-Bielawska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study explored the relationship between learning style preferences and the use of reading strategies triggered during the performance of a reading comprehension assignment in English as a foreign language (EFL). The research conducted drew on the hypothesis that the type of language task activates a battery of strategies that reflect the subject's learning style preferences and the task requirements.

Keywords

EN

Learning Style Preferences; English as a Foreign Language

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Glottodidactica
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 34
• Pages: 93-103

Dates

published

2018-11-05

Contributors

author

Elżbieta Danuta Lesiak-Bielawska

• Akademia Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/gl.2008.34.10