The Relationship between High School Students' Perceptual Language Learning Style and Their Attitudes towards Computer-Assisted Language Learning

The present study investigated the relationship between perceptual learning style and Iranian EFL secondary school students' attitudes toward Computer Assisted Language Learning. To fulfill the objectives of the study, the researcher used two intact classes (40-second grade secondary school students) at Farzanegan secondary school in Eslamabad, Kermanshah. The participants were requested to complete the PLSPQ to measure their preferred learning style. The participants responded to the items of another questionnaire that measured their attitudes toward CALL, The results of this study revealed that Iranian secondary school EFL learners' preferred perceptual learning style is visual. The findings also demonstrated that among different perceptual learning styles, the only one, which has a significant correlation with learners' attitudes toward CALL, is the kinesthetic learning style. In other words, a learner whose preferred learning style is an individual has more positive attitudes toward CALL than learners with other types of learning styles do. The results indicated that there is not a significant correlation between perceptual learning styles and attitudes toward CALL.