Authors : Mafuta Mungombo Claude

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 4 - April

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25apr1415

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Abstract : This article focuses on the assessment of data collection instruments designed to collect data on the topic “STUDENTS LEARNING STYLES IN AN EFL CONTEXT: A CASE STUDY ” for its validity and reliability. The evaluation of the instrument was done by 4 teachers whose 3 males and 1 female of the Languages School of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences who were supposed to be knowledgeable on the topic. The instrument used the mixed methods i.e. quantitative and qualitative methods. The qualitative method was converted into quantitative to obtain a more straightforward determination of the overall quality of the instrument. The study shows that there were some questions to improve and to be reformulated. Overall, from what our respondents have said, we can say that the instrument was valid and be administered to respondents for data collection on this issue.  Resume: Cet article se concentre sur l'évaluation de l’instrument de la collecte de données conçu pour collecter les données sur le sujet “LE STYLES D’APPRENTISSAGE DANS UN CONTEXT D’ANGLAIS COMME LANGUE ETRANGERE : CAS D’ETUDE ” pour sa validité et fiabilité. L'évaluation de l'instrument a été faite par 4 Enseignants dont 3 hommes et 1 femme de l'Ecole de Langues de la Faculté des Lettres et Sciences humaines qui sont supposés avoir des connaissances sur le sujet. L'instrument a utilisé les méthodes mixtes c-à-d. la méthode quantitative et la méthode qualitative. La méthode qualitative a été convertie en méthode quantitative pour obtenir une détermination la plus franche de la qualité globale de l'instrument. Après l’évaluation de l’instrument par les répondants, il ressort qu'il y a quelques questions à améliorer et à reformuler. De manière générale, de ce que nos répondants ont dit, nous pouvons dire que l'instrument était valide et peut être administrés aux répondants pour la collecte de données sur cette question.

Keywords : Learning Style, EFL.

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