Abstract

Most of the teachers pay less focus on students’ learning styles due to their obligation to finish the syllabus within the specified duration, which often resulted in the mismatched of teaching process and learning outcomes. This study aims to identify the different learning styles across gender in acquiring Malay language as a second language among native Iban students in Sarawak. 170 students were chosen from five high schools in Betong region (Sarawak) for analysis, based on the Dunn and Dunn Learning Model (1992). A combination of questionnaire survey and interviews helps to concrete our findings. Results reveal similarities in learning styles across gender in terms of emotional stimulation, psychological, environmental, and physiological factors but differences in sociological stimulation. On the whole, students have deep intrinsic motivation, low desire but positive sense of responsibility, and find it easier to learn Malay language via bonded learning structure compared to liberal ones.

Highlights

  • Mastery of Malay language is very important for all students regardless of race because it serves as the language of instruction in national schools in this country

  • The study findings show that there are similarities in the learning style of Malay Language as the second language among Iban native male and female students in Sarawak in terms of the emotional, psychological, environmental and physiological stimulations

  • Their learning style is found to be different from the field of sociological stimulation, whereby the majority of female students had chosen to learn with adults while the male counterparts preferred to learn in groups

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Introduction

Mastery of Malay language is very important for all students regardless of race because it serves as the language of instruction in national schools in this country. Apart from that, Robiah Hamid’s opinion (1996) in Asiah Haji Pariekulty (1999) might be true in reflecting this problem, that is, teacher’s planning takes into account students' academic performance differences to suit the learning strategies are encouraged, teachers’ understanding about learning styles among students is minimum. In such situations, students certainly become less exposed to a variety of learning styles. This research is important for the native students in Sarawak and their parents as they play an important role in the children’s education

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