Students’ preference learning styles and media use in teaching English

Abstract

Learningis the process of transfer two-way science between the teachers as the giver information and the students as the recipient of the information. The teachers need to be more creative in course designing that will be done both in determining the strategy of teaching also need to consider the different learning styles students. This research presents the type of students’ preference learning style and media use in English training at Bidikmisi program of IAIN Bone. The method of this research is a case study. The result shows that most learners in Bidikmisi Program are auditory learners. The other students are visual and kinaesthetic learners. While the most media used by the teacher is realia media. Audio media is not the main choice of the teacher. The teacher should consider the students’ preference learning style in selecting learning media and conducting the teaching process.