Describing learners

Describing learners

1. Age

   • Kids
     • See and hear and, above all, have the chance to touch and interact to learn.
   • teenager
     • So much less motivated. Outright discipline problems
   • Adult
     • Adults are never entirely problem-free learners

2. Learner differences

   • Aptitude
     • Some students are better at learning languages than others
   • Good Learner
     • Each student has a way to learn better
   • learning style
     • Convergers
     • Conformists
     • Concrete Learners
     • Communicatve

3. Motivation

   • Extrinsic Motivation
     • Is caused by any number of outside factors
   • Intrinsic Motivation
     • By contrast, comes from within the individual