Examining Visual and Auditory Learners' Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills: A Causal Comparative StudyStudy

Reading and listening are two receptive skills indispensable for English language acquisition. Students are given reading and listening comprehension tests in academic settings, increasing the importance of these skills. However, reading and listening comprehension depends on various factors, inclu...

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Main Authors: Kamran Akhtar Siddiqui, Rashid Hussain Abbasi, Ikramullah Khan, Abdul Rehman Memon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of English, University of Chitral 2023-12-01
Series:University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature
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Online Access:https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/185
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Ikramullah Khan
Abdul Rehman Memon
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description Reading and listening are two receptive skills indispensable for English language acquisition. Students are given reading and listening comprehension tests in academic settings, increasing the importance of these skills. However, reading and listening comprehension depends on various factors, including learning styles. While previous research in Pakistan has explored the connection between learning styles and academic success, there is a gap in the literature in understanding how specific learning styles, such as visual and auditory, influence fresh undergraduates' reading and listening comprehension. Therefore, employing a causal-comparative design under a quantitative paradigm, this study examined whether reading and listening comprehension differed based on their students' learning styles (visual and auditory). The data was collected using a learning style questionnaire, a reading comprehension test, and a listening comprehension test, and it was analyzed using an independent sample t-test. The findings revealed that students' reading and listening comprehension scores did not significantly differ based on their preferred learning styles, visual or auditory. The findings indicated that sig. values of reading comprehension (0.672) and listening comprehension (0.668) were greater than the p-value of 0.05. Hence, H0 was accepted, and Ha was rejected. The study will have implications for teachers who want to adapt their teaching methods to fit the individual learning styles of their students.
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spelling doaj.art-015accf93fed4067aeab34c9358f1ec82024-04-12T16:47:04ZengDepartment of English, University of ChitralUniversity of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature2617-36112663-15122023-12-017IIExamining Visual and Auditory Learners' Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills: A Causal Comparative StudyStudyKamran Akhtar Siddiqui0Rashid Hussain Abbasi1Ikramullah Khan2Abdul Rehman Memon3Sukkur IBA UniversityLecturer in English, Sukkur IBA University, SukkurAssistant Professor in English, Government Girls Degree College, ShikarpurJEST, Govt. (N) Islamia High School, Shaheed Gunj, Sukkur Reading and listening are two receptive skills indispensable for English language acquisition. Students are given reading and listening comprehension tests in academic settings, increasing the importance of these skills. However, reading and listening comprehension depends on various factors, including learning styles. While previous research in Pakistan has explored the connection between learning styles and academic success, there is a gap in the literature in understanding how specific learning styles, such as visual and auditory, influence fresh undergraduates' reading and listening comprehension. Therefore, employing a causal-comparative design under a quantitative paradigm, this study examined whether reading and listening comprehension differed based on their students' learning styles (visual and auditory). The data was collected using a learning style questionnaire, a reading comprehension test, and a listening comprehension test, and it was analyzed using an independent sample t-test. The findings revealed that students' reading and listening comprehension scores did not significantly differ based on their preferred learning styles, visual or auditory. The findings indicated that sig. values of reading comprehension (0.672) and listening comprehension (0.668) were greater than the p-value of 0.05. Hence, H0 was accepted, and Ha was rejected. The study will have implications for teachers who want to adapt their teaching methods to fit the individual learning styles of their students. https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/185ReadingListeningComprehensionLearning StylesVisual and Auditory
spellingShingle Kamran Akhtar Siddiqui
Rashid Hussain Abbasi
Ikramullah Khan
Abdul Rehman Memon
Examining Visual and Auditory Learners' Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills: A Causal Comparative StudyStudy
University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature
Reading
Listening
Comprehension
Learning Styles
Visual and Auditory
title Examining Visual and Auditory Learners' Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills: A Causal Comparative StudyStudy
title_full Examining Visual and Auditory Learners' Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills: A Causal Comparative StudyStudy
title_fullStr Examining Visual and Auditory Learners' Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills: A Causal Comparative StudyStudy
title_full_unstemmed Examining Visual and Auditory Learners' Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills: A Causal Comparative StudyStudy
title_short Examining Visual and Auditory Learners' Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills: A Causal Comparative StudyStudy
title_sort examining visual and auditory learners reading and listening comprehension skills a causal comparative studystudy
topic Reading
Listening
Comprehension
Learning Styles
Visual and Auditory
url https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/185
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