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