The Influence of the Learning Styles on the Academic Performance of the Second Level Students of English Faculty of Education-Aden - University of Aden

Abstract

This study attempted to investigate the influence of the learning styles on the academic performance of the second level students in the English department, Faculty of Education-Aden, University of Aden. The population of the study were the second level students.  For this purpose, fifty students randomly selected to be the subjects of this study. For data collection, three research questions posed and the answers to these questions were discussed. The study aimed to use the teaching program of the VARK program (visual ,aural read-write and kinesthetic) in teaching short stories. The instruments for data collection were: (a) VARK Questionnaire (b) the teaching program of VARK Learning Style program (c) pre-and posttests. The results of the data indicated that there were diversity among the students' performance in their learning styles during the lectures.