English for Teaching 2

Module 1: How do I learn? Coursebook

How do we learn?

3.1 Reading 1: defining learning styles

Read the article and check your answers to the questions in 3.1.

If you answered a) then you are choosing to get the answer VISUALLY, by looking at the words
on the page of the manual.
If you answered b) you got the information in an AUDITORY way, by listening to what your friend
has to say. If you chose c) you are behaving in a KINAESTHETIC way, using your fingers to fiddle
with the buttons and see what happens.
Most people use a mixture of ways to process information, even if they have a preference. For
example, although some individual learners may prefer to see things, they can also learn by listening
and doing. What you need to do as a teacher is to make sure that you present language and
information to your students in a way that they can understand easily and include activities that appeal
to different learning styles.
 English for Teaching 2
Module 1: How do I learn? Coursebook

Think about different learning styles when you are planning your lessons. There is never just one way
to do something. To reach all your students you need to make sure they can see the language, hear
the language and also have a chance to use it.
Adapted from www.go4english.com/tp

3.2 Reading 2: identifying learning styles

Complete the sentences.

a) Visual learners like to use their eyes and can see pictures in their minds.
They like learning by seeing.

b) kinaestathic learners like to touch things and move around.

They like learning by doing.

c) auditory learners like to listen and can hear words in their heads.
They like learning by hearing.