Cognitive Learning Style

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Second Language Acquisition (SLA) researchers say that one of the purposse of cognitive learnig style is able to enhance students’ language learning (Krashen, 1994). According to Dunn (1990), teachers’ awareness of students’ learning styles can help the teachers to know “students’ course-related learning difficulties.” Chang (2003) explains that learning style can influence academic plans or teaching materials. Teachers will get information about their students’ language learning strategies that are related to language achievement by identifying students ' cognitive learning style.

Some researchers divide learning styles into cognitive, affective, sensory, and behavioural (Oxford, Hollaway, &

The researcher chooses grade 10 because it is much better for teachers to know their students’ cognitive style early so that they can enhance their students’ language learning in grade 11 and 12. Additionally, according to Kemenag (Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs), SMTK PK has been established as a role model for all SMTK in Indonesia. In other words, the school is categorized as the best Christian school in Indonesia. Based on informal interview between the researcher and two people. The two people are one of Petra Christian University (PCU) students who had been had an internship in the school and another one is a teacher in the school. Both of them say that the students in SMTK PK are active speaking in English everyday. The teachers use some teaching activities like solve problems listed on the board, write a paragraph what the students remember from last class, etc. Those activities push students to work through problems. It is like one of the purposes of cognitive learning styles that is applying

In the first chapter, the researcher writes about the introduction. In the chapter, the researcher explains about the background of the study, statement of the problem, the purpose of the study, the significance of the study, scope and limitation, definition of key terms, and organization of the study. In the second chapter, the researcher writes about the review or related literature. The researcher explains the review of related theories and studies. In the third chapter, the researcher writes about the methods which present the approach of the study, data collection, and data analysis. The fourth chapter shows about the findings and discussion which focus on the result of students learning style questionnaire. Then, the last chapter is about the overall summary of this research. Besides that, it will include the bibliography and