Students’ Learning Styles And Motivation In English Language Achievement Of SABK Schools In Penang

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2018-01
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Ismail, Asmaliza
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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This study aimed to investigate the learning styles and motivation of SABK (Sekolah Agama Bantuan Kerajaan) religious school learners in the achievement of the English language. A quantitative approach was used to investigate the types of learning styles and motivation and this statistical data was further supported with qualitatively semistructured interviews. The quantitative phase of the study collected data from 94 learners using Likert type scales using The Perceptual Style Learning Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ) and motivation questionnaires. The other phase was the interview for the triangulation of the data gathered from the questionnaires. The respondents were the learners of SABK school students from the district of Seberang Perai Tengah. Descriptive analysis showed that SABK school learners had a variety of learning styles. The major and minor learning styles were identified amongst these learners and the indicator for major and minor learning styles followed the total score for learning styles by Reid (1995). SABK religious school learners had high level of instrumental and integrative motivation using the interpretation of the levels of motivation by Khan, Sani and Shaikh-Abdullah (2016). There was no significant correlation between integrative motivation and achievement in English and there was no significant correlation between instrumental motivation and achievement in English. They were moderate and weak in their achievement in English. The suggestions from this study were the learners should be given ample time to learn English as their foundation in the language was poor.
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Learning styles and motivation of religious school , in the achievement of the English language
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