摘要：This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Kolb’s learning styles
and learning slang among Iranian EFL students with a gender-based focus. To this
end, 63 EFL students of Tehran University were selected as the participants of the
study out of 70 through the proficiency test by simple random sampling. The
participants were both genders—27 males and 36 females aged between 18 and 25
in 2017-2018. Using descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and t-test, the
data were analyzed. The results of the study indicated a high, significant and
positive regression of Kolb’s learning style. The highest correlation between
Kolb’s learning styles and learning American slang was related to the Concrete
Experience (CE) and the weakest one was related to the Abstract
Conceptualization (AC). The results of the correlation demonstrated positive,
significant and high correlation between the Kolb’s (2005) learning styles and
slang learning. Likewise, the study showed the highest correlation between the
experiential learning styles (Concrete Experience, CE) and the slang learning.
Meanwhile, the study showed non-significant correlation either between gender
and slang learning or between gender and learning styles. The implication is that
the teacher trainers may include fostering the beneficial learning styles in their
lesson plan in order to improve the teachers’ teaching.
关键词：learning styles; slang learning; abstract conceptualization; active
experimentation; concrete experience; EFL students
