Learning Styles and Basic Communication Skills

<p>This study used the descriptive correlation survey research method to establish the relationship between the learning styles and basic communication skills of the Information Technology Education students who were officially enrolled in English 1 during the first semester of the school year 2011-2012 in the University of the Immaculate Conception. The researchers then identified the types of secondary school and elementary schools attended by the respondents. Survey questionnaireswere used to determine the respondent’s profile and the student learning styles scales by Grasha –Reichmann (2008). The statistical tools used were frequency, percentage and Chi-square test. The researcher concluded that an almost similar number of respondents had high school grades equivalent to 85 and above in comparison to those with high school grades below 85. Moreover, majority of the respondents were from private elementary and secondary schools. Most of them registered poor English proficiency and reported collaborating learning styles. Furthermore, the learning styles, high school average grade in English, and the types of elementary and secondary schools attended by the respondents did not significantly affect respondents’ English proficiency. Only teacher factors influenced it. It is therefore crucial for teachers to ensure that their preferred teaching styles could optimize students’ learning.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords.</strong> Learning styles, basic communication skills, descriptive-correlation, University of the Immaculate Conception, Davao City, Philippines.</p>