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Oh, Youngju, park, Hyesook & Chang, Soyoung. “The Effects of Learning Style Preferences, Language Learning Strategies on English Proficiency of Korean College Students.” Studies in English Language & Literature 43.2 (2017): 299-324. This study examines the relationships among learning style preferences, English learning strategies and English proficiency of Korean college students. Four hundred college students participated in the study. The learning style questionnaire was adopted from the Learning Style Survey(LSS) by Cohen, Oxford, Chi(2001) and the English learning strategy questionnaire was adopted from the Strategy Inventory for Language learning(SILL) by Oxford(1990). The participants were asked to self-report on these questionnaires in the classroom. Independent T-test, Analysis of variance and Multiple regression methods were used to analyze the collected data. It was found that (1) participants generally preferred analytical, reflective, visual learning styles in order than others, and learning style preferences slightly differed by gender, academic field, and English proficiency, (2) there were statistically significant differences in the uses of strategy use by English proficiency, (3) learning styles explained almost 23.4 % of language learning strategy use and 6.7 % of English proficiency, (4) learning strategy use explained 18.7 % of English proficiency, having a significant effect on English proficiency. (Kunsan National University)