Objective of the Study

Meanwhile, Hilliard stated “Learning styles are the characteristic ways in which an individual acquires, perceives and processes information.” 6 Then, based on Dunn and Dunn statement, “Learning style is the wayin which each learner begins to concentrate on, process,, absorb and retain new and difficult information.” 7 In addition, l earning style is students’ way of thinking, processing and understanding information. Moreover, S. Nasution said that learning style is students’ way to give reaction and use stimulus which they get in learning process. 8 Thus, Based on the theory above, it can be concluded that learning style is students’ preference way to get, absorb and process the information about learning material in learning process. They will enjoy and feel comfortable in absorbing the information with their own way. Moreover, each student has a different preference learning way which used in learning process. Learning style is only a term which used to describe the attitudes and behaviours, which determine an individual’s preferred way of learning. Every student has all types of learning style. It does not mean they use them at the same time. Each student has a dominant learning style or their preference style. They use different styles in different situation. Since 1997, there are many efforts to know and categorize the way of people learning and the way to accept information to our brain. There is a great number of learning style model nowadays. Each model of learning style has strength point. Based on Eric Jensen on his book “Super Teaching” there are five of learning style model which is well known from VAK Bandler-Grinder, Ned Herrmanns, Rita and 6 Hilliard, in Zainal Abidin Naning and Rita Hayati, The Correlation between Learning Style and Listening Achievement of English Education Study Program Students of Sriwijaya University, Jurnal Holistics, 2011, p. 2. 7 Dunn and Dunn in Zainal Abidin Naning and Rita Hayati, The Correlation between Learning Style and Listening Achievement of English Education Study Program Students of Sriwijaya University, Jurnal Holistics, 2011, p. 4. 8 Eric Jensen, Guru Super Super Teaching, Jakarta: PT Indeks, 2010, Cet. 4, p. 54.