Creating Good Language Learners

Learner strategy training

and learning styles

By Rochelle Keogh,
Spring International
Language Center
Good Language Learners
• What do good language
learners do?
Good Language Learners

• How can I help my

students do the things
that good language
learners do?
 The Job of a Teacher
“All too often, language teachers are
so consumed with the delivery of
language to their students that they
neglect to spend some effort
preparing learners to “receive” the
language…”
- H Douglas Brown
The Role of the Learner
“…and students, mostly unaware of
the tricks of successful language
learning, do whatever the teacher
tells them to do.”
- H Douglas Brown
Teaching by Principles, p. 258-259
 Preparing the Learner
Help your students become good
language learners by:
1. Raising students’ awareness of learning styles
2. Encouraging students to practice good
language learning strategies
3. Using a variety of activities and assignments
1. Learning Styles
1. Multiple Intelligences
2. Learner Strategies
3. Variety of Activities

Choose a variety of
activities that engage
students in active
learning.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Creating

Evaluating

Analyzing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering
 Things to Consider
In my classroom, do I:
 use a variety of instructional strategies?
 teach to a variety of learning styles?
 provide students with choices?
 provide opportunities for students’ personal
growth?
 teach students to work cooperatively with others?
 offer fun activities that inspire creativity and reduce
stress?