LEARNING AND TEACHING STYLES IN FOREIGN AND SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Learning and teaching styles play a central role in the effectiveness of foreign and second language education. Individual learners differ in cognitive preferences, motivation, sensory processing, and interaction patterns, which influence how they acquire new linguistic knowledge. At the same time, teachers adopt various instructional styles shaped by pedagogical theories, classroom culture, and learning goals. This article explores the relationship between learning styles and teaching styles, examines how their alignment or mismatch affects language acquisition, and reviews modern approaches that promote learner-centered instruction. A small-scale survey among university students is integrated to illustrate how learners perceive their preferred styles and the methods used by instructors. The analysis emphasizes the importance of flexible, multimodal, and communicative teaching practices that respond to learner differences. The study concludes that balanced adaptation of teaching style