Students’ Learning Preferences at English Depart

Abstract

Abstract. The purpose of this study was to identify student’s individual learning preferences at English Department State Islamic University Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau. A sample of 28 students was used in this study. The instrument used for data collection is the questionnaire. It is adopted from Brown (1999). The results revealed that although students have dominant learning styles that they use in preference to other learning styles, there are some students who make use of multimodal learning styles. Based on the finding it can be concluded that 88% of students learning preferences is using the internet and 80% of them not prefer to writing paragraph while studying. In conclusion, knowledge of students’ learning preferences, recognizing their strengths and weaknesses in learning ad provides the lecturer with valuable information.