A Study on Learning Styles among Arabic Language Students at Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malacca Campus

Abstract

This article discusses a survey on the learning styles of Arabic Language students at the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Malacca Campus based on the four learning styles as proposed by Honey and Mumford, namely Activist, Theorist, Reflector and Pragmatist. The objective of this study is to investigate whether or not a similarity or significant difference exists in the learning styles of respondents between gender and the academic program. Some 175 respondents participated in this survey with the descriptive statistical analysis and inference done using data from questionnaires. Data was analyzed using the IBM SPSS 20 software, and t-test of two independent samples was applied for inferential statistics. Results have shown that there was no significant difference in the learning styles between genders. This survey also found that there was no significant difference between students of Business Studies Diploma program and those of the Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Studies.