Pedagogical Implications of Reconciliation Between Lecturer’s Teaching Style and Students’ Learning Style in EFL Classroom

Abstract

The data were obtained through observation, interview, and documentation which was analysed based on the procedures of data analysis that consist of the data collection, the data reduction, the data display, and conclusion. The findings of this research were indicated that: (1) There are five teaching style were founded in the class. They are expert style, personal model style, delegator style, facilitator style, and formal authority style. (2) There were four learning style covered in the class. They are visual learning style, auditory learning style, reading/writing learning style, and kinaesthetic learning style. (3) It was found the way lecturer reconcile their teaching styles and students’ learning styles was that the lecturer analyse the type of learning style that students use in the class first. After identified students learning style, the lecturer adjusts with the teaching style that she used in teaching. The result of the reconciliation was that the lecturer needs to apply mixed style in teaching-learning process which related to students’ learning style