The relationship between EFL learners' learning styles and their L2 achievement

This research aimed to determine if there are significant differences in learning styles of Iranian pre-university EFL learners across different levels of proficiency, majors and genders. Productivity Environmental Preference Survey (PEPS) was used to reveal the students' learning styles. To determine their achievement in language learning, the proficiency test was administered. The results showed that the participants preferred visual style the most, followed by auditory, tactile and the least preferred learning style was kinesthetic. Though the tendencies were different, the success of these students did not show significant differences. Furthermore, major and gender did not affect the learning style preferences. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.