초등학생들의 학습 전략과 학습 스타일의 관계 분석

An analysis of English learning strategies and learning styles of Korean elementary school students

  This study investigates how language learning strategies and learning styles of the students in 6<SUP>th</SUP> grade are interrelated. Three hundred sixty two elementary school students learning English participated in the study. Strategy Inventory for Children(SIC) was used to measure their strategy use, and Style Analysis Survey(SAS) as well as the Learning Channel Preference Checklist(LCPC) was administered to measure their learning styles. The results revealed the following findings: 1) The most frequently used strategies were metacognitive strategies, whereas the least used ones were social strategies; 2) Gender differences were found in both strategy use and style preferences. Female students used strategies relatively more frequently than male students. The female students preferred visual learning styles, while the male students preferred haptic learning styles; 3) The students" choice of learning strategies was significantly affected by their learning style preferences. The students who preferred visual and auditory learning styles used overall learning strategies most frequently. In contrast, the students with haptic learning style preferences employed the overall strategies least actively.