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| Embarking On Vark: A Case Study on Students' Preference in Learning English
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Robert James Nicole A. Bualat, Jozette Aleah G. Lucero, Cristyle F. Zamora, Franz Erika S. Arcamo, Alfer Jann D. Tantog, MaEd
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Abstract:
A learning style describes how different students learn. It is a person's preferred method of absorbing, processing, comprehending, and remembering knowledge. Although they are not a teaching prescription, they scaffold a teacher in recognizing a student's preferred method of processing and retaining information. This qualitative case study utilized Merriam's model in 1998, which aimed to determine the students' preference in learning English, based on VARK sensory modalities, and identify the teacher's teaching strategies for the major courses, to see whether the students' preferences are catered in their classes. A purposive sampling technique was carried out to identify the study's participants from one of the prestigious institutions in Pagadian City, yielding 13 third-year BSEd-English and two English teachers who are teaching at least one major subject of the student participants. The researchers adopted the VARK learning styles questionnaire by Fleming (1987) version 8.01 and a researcher-made interview guide questionnaire to gather all the data. Emerging themes were derived using thematic analysis. The results identified three themes regarding the students' learning preferences; Aural, Kinesthetic, and Multimodal were the prevalent learning styles of third-year BSEd major in English and the four modalities of VARK were utilized by the teachers in the major subjects they are handling. Thus, teachers' teaching strategies must be aligned with the students' preferred learning styles in learning English, as much as possible, and instructions must be tailored accordingly. The Department of Education's goals as well as those of various studies and researchers may benefit from the recommendations.
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