The Contribution of EFL Students’ Learning Styles and Strategies toward Their Achievement
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This study aimed to investigate the students’ learning styles and strategies and determined the statistically significant contribution of students’ learning styles and learning strategies toward their achievement. The research was conducted for Bachelor Students in English Language Education at UNY in the academic years 2019, 2020, and 2021. The population was 705 students, and the sample was 250, which was revealed through stratified random sampling approaches. This study was a quantitative survey using the Learning Styles Questionnaire developed by (Merce, 2006) and the Learning Strategies Questionnaire by (Bessai, 2018). The result indicated that the EFL students' Bachelor in English Language Education was Visual learning style and Metacognitive learning strategies. Moreover, this study showed that the students' learning styles and strategies have contributed significantly to their achievement. In future research, the study may provide better results if it uses mixed methods by combining both qualitative and quantitative methods.
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