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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIELD DEPENDENT/ INDEPENDENT LEARNING STYLES AND IMPROVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

This research is based on the Witkinʹs theory and also on the Woolfulkʹs writings which state that learning styles describe many of the individual differences in class, investigate the relationship between field dependent / independent learning (FD/I) styles and improvement in learning English Language. Learning styles are individual methods a learner uses in order to process information and to learn a new concept. Field dependent learners are wholist and field independent learners act analytically. 137 girl and boy students in grade 2 and 3 of guidance school were rondomly selected among the population of students of khodahandeh in Zanjan. They answered to the Group Embedded Figures test (LEFT). The studentʹs grades in Reading and Grammar were noted individually and averaged for the first semester. Regression analysis showed that FD/I Learning styles explain 20/9, 21/9, 22/6% of the dependent variables variance of English reading, Grammar and grade of sum. Also there werenʹt any differences between girls and boys in GEFT with independent t-test, which means girls are not more field dependent than boys.