Learning styles applied to teaching the English language
Keywords:
educational strategies, learning styles, teaching English language, teaching-learning processAbstract
Learning styles are the tools used by teachers applied to the teaching of the English language in the Educational Unit "Raymundo Aveiga" in the city of Chone, the objective was to demonstrate that educational strategies based on learning styles applied to teaching of the English language can contribute to improve learning, for the development of the research a qualitative approach was proposed through which it was possible to inquire about the different points of view and conclusions of those involved, a bibliographic review was carried out that provided adequate information to the development of work. The results obtained show that many of the teachers do not know what their learning style is, as well as they have not developed activities based on determining what the learning styles of their students are, within the teaching-learning process of the English language. student must develop four skills, Listening, Reading, Speaking and Reading. In this sense, their learning is difficult because each student learns in different ways and above all each one of them develops a different skill, it was obtained that the students identify with the Kinesthetic style, they like to learn by developing activities of practical utility.
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