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ABSTRACT Sukra Titin Sholeha, 2318075, “The Comparative Study of Students’ Learning Styles towards Their Ability in Grammar.” A thesis, English Education Department, State Islamic University M. Djambek Bukittinggi, 2023. This research is purposed to discover the types of students’ learning styles and the difference ability in grammar among those learning styles categories of sixth semester English education department students. This research was conducted since there is significant difference in grammar score between students who know their learning styles and those do not. Students were aware into their own preferences enable to utilize their learning styles in learning grammar. Then, those students obtained satisfactory score in grammar advance subject. Students did not know their learning styles could not find out the appropriate learning strategies and suitable method with their own style in learning. They got B score in advanced grammar subject, even there is a student has to retake the subject. This research aimed to discover the differences of students’ grammar ability among students’ learning styles. This research was a causal comparative (ex post facto) by using total sampling. The data were collected by using questionnaire and documentation. To analyze the data, students were classified into three categories of learning styles, namely visual, auditory, and kinesthetic through the Learning Styles questionnaire. The result of questionnaire was being percentage. Then, the researcher used Kruskal Wallis analysis to find out the difference grammar ability among those three learning styles based on students’ functional grammar scores. The data analysis revealed that students with visual learning styles are 47 students of 83 students as samples. Meanwhile, there are 21 students used auditory learning styles in learning, and as much as 14 students learnt with kinesthetic style as learning preference. There is also a students who have two dominant preferences were visual/auditory styles in learning. The statistical analysis of data showed that there is no significant difference among three students’ learning styles in grammar ability since the significance was 0.513 greater than 0.05. In short, the majority of the sixth semester English education department students’ learning style is visual, yet, there is no significance difference towards grammar ability among those three students’ learning styles. Keywords: Learning Styles, Grammar Ability