The Correlation between Iraqi EFL Preparatory School Students’ Cognitive Styles and English Productive Skills
Cognitive styles are important in field of foreign language learning. Knowing of cognitive styles can be as guide to help teachers in order to determine students’ preferences that may used in learning process. This study aims to find the Iraqi EFL preparatory school students’ cognitive styles. In addition, it aims to find the Iraqi EFL preparatory school students’ performance of productive skills. Moreover, the study aims to find the relationship between Iraqi EFL preparatory school students’ cognitive styles and performance of language productive skills. Where are your hypotheses? The sample of the present study consists of 200 students from Iraqi different preparatory schools. To achieve the aims of the current study, two instruments have been used, namely; cognitive styles questionnaire and productive skills test. After ensuring the validity and reliability of the instruments, the two instruments are applied to the sample of the study.