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guage lab to increase learners' participation. Also, feedback can enhance the students' learning experience.

Thus, this research plans to reveal students' learning styles while they do the activities in the 'Tell Me More' software including their amount of interest in the activities. It is hoped that the findings of the study could help to improve the use of 'Tell Me More' as software in developing UTM students' English language proficiency.

1.4学习的目的——Aim of the Study

This study aims to investigate the relationship between EFL learners' learning style and students' preference for English language learning software (Tell Me More) exercises. The purpose of study is to observe the IEC students in digital language lab and consider how IEC program provides the students' needs.

In an effort to understand the interplay between subconscious learning style and observable language learning behaviors, the strategic approaches that students take in learning a language will be analyzed. A potential outcome of the study is the contribution of information that will prove useful in the process of developing teaching methodologies, curricula and software's materials reflective of the learning style of UTM international students.

1.5研究目标——Objectives of the Study

The objective of this study is to explore the relation of learning style preferences on UTM international students while using ESL software especially 'Tell Me More'. This study is based on the belief that appropriate activities that match students' learning styles preferences can improve students' achievement. This study attempt to:

Investigate the different learning styles among intermediate EFL students in UTM.

Investigate intermediate EFL students' preferences for the different types of activities in 'Tell Me More' English language software.

To determine the extent of the relationship between EFL students' learning style and EFL student's preferences for activities in Tell Me More.

1.6研究的问题——Research Questions of the Study

This study aims to answer these questions:

What are the EFL students' learning styles?

What are the EFL students' preferences for the activities in the 'Tell Me More' language software exercises?

What is the extent of relationship between students' learning style and their preference for the language activities in 'Tell Me More'?

1.7研究的范围——Scope of the Study

This study focuses on thirty six international students who are taking the intermediate intensive English course in UTM. All of them are required use the English version of 'Tell Me More' learning language software, in the digital language laboratory in UTM as part of their self access learning.

The research focused on learning styles used by students when using 'Tell Me More' in the digital language laboratory. As Kolb learning style inventory version 3.1 is one of the reliable learning style instruments (Kolb, 2005, Kayes, 2005), it will be adapted for this research.

1.8研究的意义——Significance of the Study

An awareness of individual differences in learning has made ESL/EFL instructors and program designers more responsible for their roles in teaching and lear