Study on Correlationudbetween Students’ Perceptual Learning Style Preferences and EnglishudProficiency at English Education Program of STAIN Tulungagung.

摘要

Keywords: Correlation, Students’ Perceptual Learning Style Preferences,udEnglish ProficiencyudPerceptual learning style is the way in understanding information through theudphysical sense. Information firstly got by the students through their sense includedudtheir hearing, sight and their hand. Knowing the students’ learning style is importantudto match it to the teaching style in order to get the best result. Students of EnglishudEducation Program are supposed to have good English proficiency. EnglishudProficiency is the ability of an individual to perform in an acquired language. Toudknow the students’ English proficiency, it can be known from their TOEFL test score.udStudents who prefer in certain perceptual learning style may have better Englishudproficiency.udThe formulation of the research questions were: 1) what are the students’udperceptual learning style preferences of English Educational Program of STAINudTulungagung? 2) How is English Proficiency of students at English EducationaludProgram of STAIN Tulungagung? 3) Is there any correlation between visual learningudstyle preferences and English proficiency of students at English Educational Programudof STAIN Tulungagung? 4) Is there any correlation between auditory learning styleudpreferences and English proficiency of students at English Educational Program ofudSTAIN Tulungagung? 5) Is there any correlation between kinesthetic learning styleudpreferences and English proficiency of students at English Educational Program ofudSTAIN Tulungagung?udThe purposes of this research were to: 1) know the students’ perceptualudlearning style preferences of English Educational Program of STAIN Tulungagung.ud2) know the students’ English proficiency of English Educational Program of STAINudTulungagung. 3) know the correlation between visual learning style preferences andudEnglish proficiency of students at English Educational Program of STAINudTulungagung. 4) know the correlation between auditory learning style preferencesudand English proficiency of students at English Educational Program of STAINudTulungagung. 5) know the correlation between kinesthetic learning style preferencesudand English proficiency of students at English Educational Program of STAINudTulungagung.