The Effectiveness of Learning Styles in Students' Academic Achievement

Abstract

The current study aims to investigate the effectiveness of considering learning styles in EFL students ‘academic achievement. The main research dealt within problem of this research is to know how learning styles affect the academic achievement of students. It studied with the case of Master one EFL students in the academic year 2019-2020 at the University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem. In order to test our hypotheses, we have administered to a questionnaire EFL learners and conducted an Interview with EFL teachers. The data collected from the instruments used were based on quantitative and qualitative methods; they indicated that the different learning styles of students are taken into consideration in EFL classes. The learning environment helps the students to learn according to their learning styles. Visual learners are more competent to participate in and to control in the classroom and get good grades. The lessons are not planned according to learners ‘different learning styles. Adopting different methods of teaching would enhance students ‘comprehension and get good grades.