A Review of Studies on Foreign Language Learning Styles of Middle School Students

Abstract

Individual differences in middle school students are one of the important research areas in foreign language teaching. Research has shown that junior high school students' learning styles are an important factor affecting their foreign language learning effectiveness, but they have not been given due attention by most foreign language teachers. Learning styles refer to the relatively stable learning methods that learners are accustomed to using in the process of acquiring and processing information. The types of learning styles are categorized as analytical, global, reflective, impulsive, visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, collective, independent, introverted and extroverted. There is a high correlation between students' personal learning styles and English achievement. Therefore, the study of learning styles has important theoretical and practical value. The main research content of the article is to help students and teachers better understand the meaning of learning styles and their role in foreign language learning, and to help students recognize their own learning style preferences, so that they can more flexibly cope with different learning situations and learning materials, and improve their learning efficiency.