Gender Differences in Korean Secondary School Students’ Learning Styles and L2 Motivation

• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Yoon-Kyoung Kim Tae-Young Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.18 No.2, 51~71쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.09.30

영문 초록

To date, gender differences in learning style has not been investigated from the perspective of L2 motivational self-system (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009). This study investigates the perceptual learning style preferences, ideal L2 self, ought-to L2 self. and motivated L2 behavior of 495 Korean male and female secondary school students. The results of the analysis, which is based on survey questionnaires, revealed that the female students were more strongly orientated towards visual learning, while the male students preferred kinesthetic learning. In addition, the female students exhibited a more vivid ideal L2 self and more motivated L2 behavior. The visual and the ideal L2 self were the most accurate predictors for distinguishing differences in learning preferences existing between male and female students. This indicates that the female students’ visual preference contributed to their greater ability to form a vivid ideal L2 self. Based on this, it is suggested that language teachers, and in tum their male students, would benefit from developing an understanding of the existing incompatibility between the male students’ preference for auditory and kinesthetic styles and the successful development of an ideal L2 self.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Literature Review

Ⅲ. Method

Ⅳ. Findings and Discussion

Ⅵ. Summary and Implications

References

Appendix

키워드

지각학습유형 제2언어 동기자아체계 perceptual learning styles L2 motivational self system