INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF LEARNING STYLES ON EFL LEARNERS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ORAL EXPRESSION COURSE

Abstract

This study attempts to discover the learning preferences attributed to the first year learners of English as a Foreign Language, and to figure out the effect of these learners’ learning styles on their academic achievement in the oral expression course. To certify the research hypothesis, the VARK questionnaire designed by Neil Fleming was employed. This questionnaire aims at identifying respondents’ learning preferences. Moreover, the quantitative descriptive method is used, as a way to link between learners’ learning preferences and their annual achieved averages in the oral expression course. The results obtained at the end of this work identify the learning preferences of EFL first year learners, and validate the effect of first year students’ learning styles on their academic achievement in the oral expression course.