The document discusses learning styles and multiple intelligences. It defines learning styles as the way individuals intake and understand new information, which can be visual, auditory, or kinesthetic. It also lists the eight multiple intelligences identified by Howard Gardner that influence how people learn - bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, naturalist, and spatial. The document provides resources to help identify individual learning styles and intelligences.

1. Learning Styles.<br />What’s a learning Style?<br />Each person has a different process and way of learning. According to the article “Learning styles: Implications for ESL/EFL instruction” learning styles are “internally based characteristics of individuals for the intake or understanding of new information”.<br />A learning style has elements; all these elements can be classified into five stimulus categories: <br />Environmental Elements.Emotional ElementsPhysical ElementsSociological ElementsPsychological ElementsSoundLightTemperatureDesignMotivationPersistenceResponsibilityPerceptionIntakeTimeMobilitySelfPartnerTeamMentorVariedGlobal/analyticalImpulsive/Reflective<br />There are 3 Learning Styles:<br />Visual Learning Style: Someone who has this learning style can learn in a better way by observing things such as pictures, handouts, charts, diagrams. They can carry out a new task after reading the instructions or watching someone do it first.<br />Auditory Learning Style: Someone who has this learning style learns by transferring information through listening such as: spoken words and sounds or noises. They can carry out a task in a better way by listening instructions.<br />Kinaesthetic Learning Style: Someone who has this learning style can learn in a better way by physical experience: touching and hands on experience and they carry out a task by doing it as they go.<br />If you know your learning style you will create a meaningful learning and you’ll know which strategy is better for you to learn. Exploit your learning style!<br />This link will be useful for you if you want to know your learning style:<br />http://www.businessballs.com/freematerialsinword/vaklearningstylesquestionnaireselftest.doc<br />References: <br />“Learning Styles: Implications for ESL/EFL Instructions” by Shumin Kang available at http://eca.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/no4/p6.htm Word document.<br />Multiple Intelligences.<br />According to Howard Gardner, a cognitive psychologist, intelligence is the capacity of an individual for learning and each person has 8 different intelligences and they work together to carry out a certain task. <br />These are the seven Intelligences:<br />IntelligenceThis intelligence enables us to….Bodily-Kinaesthetic429895371475Control our body movementsHandle ObjectsExpress ourselves physicallyPlay games429895266700InterpersonalKnow the mood and feelings of other peopleWork with other people496570247650IntrapersonalUnderstand our own feelingsLearn from our experiences487045209550LinguisticHave sensitivity to sounds, rhythms and meanings of the words and language. 601345200025Logical-MathematicalRecognise and analyse numerical patterns582295200025MusicalAppreciate rhythm Produce a tune467995228600NaturalistClassify the natural world (animals, insects and plants) into species. 544195238125SpacialHave a three-dimensional relational senseSee things in relationship to others.<br />References: <br />English teaching professional, “Teaching intelligently” by Rosie Tanner, page 40.<br />