This document discusses learning styles and the VARK model. It explains that students learn in different ways, either through visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic modalities. The VARK model categorizes students according to their preferred learning styles - visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic. It is important for teachers to understand students' different learning styles so they can implement teaching strategies suited to each learning preference. This will help increase students' comprehension, motivation, and academic performance.

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CONCEPTS OF TEACHING ENGLISH
By Tamara Oorts
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH
LANGUAGE TEACHING
LEARNING STYLES

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Visual Learners, Auditory Learners and Kinesthetic Learners.
Neil Fleming’s model of Student Learning:
Visual,
Auditory,
Reading/Writing
Kinesthetic.
Students have different approaches to how they process information, referred to
as “preferred learning modes.”

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Individual learning styles depend on cognitive, emotional
and environmental factors, as well as one’s prior experience.
In other words: everyone’s different.
It is important for educators to understand the differences in
their students’ learning styles, so that they can implement
best practice strategies into their daily activities, curriculum
and assessments.

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Technically, an individual’s learning style refers to
the preferential way in which the student absorbs,
processes, comprehends and retains information.
Any example you can
think of?

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1. Students’ preferred learning modes have significant influence on their behavior
and learning.
2. Students’ preferred learning modes should be matched with appropriate
learning strategies.
3. Information that is accessed through students’ use of their modality
preferences shows an increase in their levels of comprehension, motivation,
and metacognition.
MAIN ELEMENTS

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1. Identify visual, auditory, reading/writing, kinesthetic,
learners.
2. Align your overall curriculum.
3. Keep in mind, sometimes you may find that it’s a
combination of all three sensory modalities that may
be the best option.
4. Allow students to access information in terms they
are comfortable with will increase their academic
confidence.

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Visual
Visual learners prefer the use of
images, maps, and graphic
organizers to access and
understand new information.

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Auditory
Auditory learners best understand
new content through listening and
speaking in situations such as lectures
and group discussions. Aural learners
use repetition as a study technique
and benefit from the use of mnemonic
devices.

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Read & Write
Students with a strong reading/writing
preference learn best through words.
These students may present
themselves as copious note takers or
avid readers, and are able to translate
abstract concepts into words and
essays.

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Kinesthetic
Students who are kinesthetic learners
best understand information through
tactile representations of information.
These students are hands-on learners
and learn best through figuring things out
by hand (i.e. understanding how a clock
works by putting one together).

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REFERENCES
BOOK:
VARKing up the right tree! (Fleming & Baume, 2006)
https://teach.com/what/teachers-know/learning-styles
https://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/
https://teach.com/what/teachers-know/teaching-methods/

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