3 rd International Conference on Education 2018 Teachers in the Digital Age Batusangkar, September 12-13 2018 85 STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLE OF INDONESIA LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDY PROGRAM OF STKIP YDB LUBUK ALUNG Dwi Mutia Chan; Irawati Rahman Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia, STKIP YDB LubukAlung dwimutiachan@gmail.com ABSTRACT This research was motivated by a phenomenon of the most students do not understand that learning styles are very influential on learning success optimally. This study aims todescribe the learning students’ styles of Indonesia Languagen and Literature Education Study Program. The population of this study was the students of the Indonesia Language and Literature Education Study Program of YDB LubukAlung in 2017/2018 academic year. Data were collected using questionnaire to determine the dominant learning style of students. The data were analyzed with the following steps: (1) checking the data and giving a score according to the Likert scale for the questionnaire (2) analyzing and discussing the data. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded four things as follows: The average score of students' visual learning styles was 3.49, it means that the dominant visual learning was owned by Indonesia Language and Literature Education Study Program students. The average auditoria learning style was 2.99, it means the students of Indonesian Language and Literature Education have an auditory learning style at a moderate level. The average kinesthetic learning style was obtained at 3.08,it means that Indonesian Language and Literature Education students are having a kinesthetic learning style. Relevant to the results of the study, the following things are recommended, the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program should conduct a learning style test at the beginning of the lecture Keywords: Learning Style, Kinesthetic Learning Style, Auditory Learning Style INTRODUCTION Learning is a complex process. Process and learning outcomes are influenced by internal factors and external factors. Internal factors include physiological, psychological and sensory conditions, while psychological factors include interest, intelligence, talent, cognitive abilities and attitudes. External factors include environmental and instrumental factors, including curriculum, facilities, and programs, facilities, teaching staff, while environmental factors include family, friends, and class atmosphere. The learning process is faced with the problem of choice of techniques, strategies, ways and rules and learning styles. Each student has a different style of learning, depending on how they are comfortable in obtaining and processing information. There are students small things done by lecturers they can who like to learn by seeing, even to the remember. On the other hand, there were also found some students who enjoyed learning by listening to what was said by the lecturer, and were very disturbed when someone was noisy when the lesson was explained, the author also saw students who were so eager to learn with practice methods that labor became the most favorite place to learn. Learning style is one of the factors that influence learning outcomes, the use of teaching materials and teaching strategies that are appropriate to learning styles can help students to absorb lessons well. According to Gunawan (2003: 139) learning style is a preferred way of doing activities thinking, processing and understanding information. The research results show that learning that knows and optimizes the learning style gets higher grades when an evaluation of learning outcomes is held. Learning styles have an influence on student learning outcomes. Students will get good learning outcomes if students can understand the concept of the lesson well. Understanding the lesson well one of them is determined by knowing the learning style he has. By knowing the learning style it has can brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by E-Journal IAIN BATUSANGKAR