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This study investigated learning styles and learning strategies among Japanese university students whose majors are directly related to English. Data were gathered in a survey of 365 students in English literature, language, or linguistics courses at two universities. The survey included questions about study outside class time, study using materials other than those specifically for class, use of a personalized approach to studying, self-monitoring of target language use, confidence in using the target language, and motivations for taking the English course. Respondents were also asked to assign attributes to each of four learning styles (heart, head, hands, free), indicate which they considered their own style to be, and assess the importance to their own learning of 16 general learning behaviors. Results indicate: (1) these students did not show attributes of the idealized good language learner, suggesting lack of personal involvement in the learning process; (2) students ' ability to "construct " a four-group learnin