Learners
are absolutely different; however they also can share some aspects of their own
language process or their personal learning style which is one
of the characteristics of them. We also can differ among their Motivation, Learning Strategies
and Maturity.
It is the
teacher´s job to identify the different learning styles in his/her class. In
fact, the more a teacher knows about students, the more possibilities they have
to succeed in the language learning process. That is because teachers will be
more able to prepare excellent lessons according to the students´ learning
styles like visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Students can prefer to
work in groups, individually, in a reflective, impulsive or analytical
way and with autonomy.
In
addition, learners have a variety of ways in which they experiment or get the
language as soon as they can. Some of these Learning Strategies are Memorize,
Drills, Paraphrasing, Repetition, Asking for feedback to other
who really knows the target language and others which are helpful for them.
Another
factor that influences in the learning process and that is a characteristic of
students is their Maturity. It is clear that as learners are younger, they will
not manage very well a second language if they have no a great purpose to do
it. Young learners like children and teenagers learn another code differently
than older ones. For example, children are interactive and like to move around
the class or enjoy more physical activities related to learning; otherwise, teenagers
are developing their concentration and are worry about what other think of them
and adults can concentrate for long periods of time, have mature cognitive
skills and can pay attention to form and meaning of the language.
Finally,
Motivation plays an important role in this process. While students are really
motivated and have real purposes to acquire and learn a second language, they will
feel confident to use that language to achieve their personal goals. Learner
training must be developed to make them gain more confidence and positive
expectations of themselves.
Please go to the following links for more information:
Bibliography:
-Maryellen Weimer, P. (2014). Seven Characteristics of Good Learners. Faculty Focus. Retrieved 3 December 2014, from http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/seven-characteristics-good-learners/
-Willingham, D., & Daniel, D. (2014). Educational Leadership:For Each to Excel:Teaching to What Students Have in Common. Ascd.org. Retrieved 3 December 2014, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb12/vol69/num05/Teaching-to-What-Students-Have-in-Common.aspx
-Carla.umn.edu,. (2014). The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA). Retrieved 3 December 2014, from http://www.carla.umn.edu/learnerlanguage/ind_diff.html
In the classs we can find students with different learning style, they are going to be visual, auditory and kinesthetic. These students have their own form of learning.
ReplyDeleteOf course, that in the class there are going to be students with distintive learning styles, so we as future teachers have to seek different activities to teach the language taking into account our learners`different learning styles.
ReplyDeleteYes in a class we have a multiple intelligences and it is really necessary to know all of them to teach in a good way
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