Learners’ success in language learning is affected by many factors, including age, aptitude, and intelligence, cognitive style, attitudes, motivation, and personality. Besides, learning strategies and learning styles also help to succeed in language learning. This paper discusses the learning style preferences of the first-year students at English Department Universitas Brawijaya Malang, Indonesia. There were two problems that attempted to be answered; first, what are the learning styles used by the students, and second, how influential is culture to the students’ learning. Barsch Learning Styles Inventory (BLSI) was employed as an instrument for 73 respondents. The results showed that more than 50% of respondents prefer visual mode, and the remaining were auditory learners, kinesthetic, and bimodal learners who combine visual and auditory modes in learning English. This might be affected by the culture of Indonesian learners that, in general, are accustomed to listening and reading instead of giving spaces to practice knowledge. Understanding the styles of learning can be very useful for the students to learn in the way they learn best through the activities. It will enable them to understand the course contents more comfortably so it can improve their motivation and language abilities, enjoy the learning process, decrease stress, and eventually get better achievement.

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印尼EFL学生的学习方式：文化与学习

学习者在语言学习中的成功受多种因素的影响，包括年龄、能力和智力、认知方式、态度、动机和个性。此外，学习策略和学习方式也有助于语言学习的成功。本文讨论了印度尼西亚Brawijaya Malang大学英语系一年级学生的学习风格偏好。有两个问题需要解决；首先，学生使用的学习方式是什么，其次，文化对学生学习的影响有多大。Barsch 学习风格量表 (BLSI) 被用作 73 名受访者的工具。结果显示，超过 50% 的受访者更喜欢视觉模式，其余为听觉学习者、动觉学习者、以及在学习英语时结合视觉和听觉模式的双模学习者。这可能受到印度尼西亚学习者文化的影响，他们通常习惯于听和读，而不是提供练习知识的空间。了解学习风格对于学生以他们通过活动最好的学习方式学习非常有用。这将使他们更轻松地理解课程内容，从而提高他们的动力和语言能力，享受学习过程，减轻压力，最终取得更好的成绩。了解学习风格对于学生以他们通过活动最好的学习方式学习非常有用。这将使他们更轻松地理解课程内容，从而提高他们的动力和语言能力，享受学习过程，减轻压力，最终取得更好的成绩。了解学习风格对于学生以他们通过活动最好的学习方式学习非常有用。这将使他们更轻松地理解课程内容，从而提高他们的动力和语言能力，享受学习过程，减轻压力，最终取得更好的成绩。