Volume 4, Issue 12 (December 2017, Part 2), Pages: 165-167

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 Technical Note

 Title: The relationship between language teaching styles and strategies on the learning of third language

 Author(s): Athirah Shukri *, Khairul Firdaus Adrutdin, Nurfasihah Zainuddin

 Affiliation(s):

 Student Development Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology, Persiaran Sinaran Ilmu, 81750 Bandar Seri Alam, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.012.029

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 Abstract:

This study intends to examine the relationship between teaching styles and learning styles among Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology (UniKL MITEC) students who have enrolled in Mandarin 1 and Mandarin 2 course. Systematic sampling were used to identify the samples and a set of questionnaires were distributed as a means of data collection. Eventually, this paper provide insight to the teaching methods of foreign language by considering learners’ learning styles and strategies. 

 © 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Foreign language learning, Language learning styles, Language learning strategies

 Article History: Received 2 December 2016, Received in revised form 17 September 2017, Accepted 10 October 2017

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.012.029

 Citation:

 Shukri A, Adrutdin KF, and Zainuddin N (2017). The relationship between language teaching styles and strategies on the learning of third language. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(12): 165-167

 Permanent Link:

 http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/V4I12(2)/Athirah.html

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