Some researchers have investigated individual differences in terms of learning style', defined as an individual's natural, habitual, and preferred way(s) of absorbing, processing, and retaining new information and skills (Reid 1995: viii). We have all heard people say that they cannot learn something until they have seen it. They would fall into the group called 'vissual learner' . Others, who may be called 'auditory' learners, seem to learn best by car. For others, referred to as 'kinaesthetic' learners, physical action such as miming or role-play seems to help the learning process. These are referred to as perceptually-based learning styles. Considerable research has also focused on distinctions between different cognitive learning styles. Individuals have been described as field independent or field dependent, according to whether they tend to separate details from the general background or to see things more holistically. A typical measure of this cognitive style is the embedded heures test, in which participants are asked to find a simple geometric shape embedded in a more complex one. For a number ofyears, it was widely reported that there was a strong relationship between field independence and success in second language learning. However, a review of the research led Zoltan Dornyei and Peter Skehan (2003) to conclude that more research will be needed to identify the nature of the relationship