LEARNING STRATEGIES AND LEARNING STYLES

LEARNING STRATEGIES AND LEARNING STYLES

1. Concepts

   • These are import concepts which affect the nature and quality of learning
     • Definitions
       • LEARNING STYLES
         • They are identified as habitual patterns of perceiving, processing, or reacting to information.
           • Besides
             • Learning styles can be defined as general approaches that students use in acquiring a new languge or in learning any other subject.
               • KINDS OF LEARNING STYLES
                 • Categories
                   • Sensory preferences
                   • Cognitive styles
                   • Personality type
                 • VISUAL LEARNING
                   • Students need to see things to fully understand them, especially vocabularies and grammar.
                 • AUDITORY LEARNING
                   • They learn mainly through listening. They hear gramatical endings and associate new words with the sounds heared.
                 • MOTOR LEARNING
                   • They learn through using their body, hands and sense of touch. They also tend to use their muscles to do some activities.
       • LEARNING STRATEGIES
         • They are recognized as the specific actions one takes or the techniques one uses in order to learn.
           • In addition
             • Learning strategies are the ways in which students learn, remember information and study for tests as well as to cope with language tasks in particular contexts.
               • TYPES OF LEARNING STRATEGIES
                 • Subtopics
                   • Deep and surface strategies
                   • Taxonomies of learning strategies
                   • Comprehension strategies
                   • Production strategies
                   • The relationship between styles and strategies
                 • COGNITIVE STRATEGIES
                   • Help learners make and strengthen associations between new and already-known information
                 • MNEMONIC STRATEGIES
                   • Give students the possibility to link a new item with something known.
                 • METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES
                   • Help students manage themselves as learners, direct their general learning process as well as specific learning tasks.
                 • COMPENSATORY STRATEGIES FOR SPEAKING AND WRITING
                   • They help learners make up for missing knowledge when using Englishi in oral written communication.
                 • AFFECTIVE STRATEGY
                   • They help learners manage their emotions, such as identifying people´s mood, anxiety level, talking about feelings and using positive self-task.
                 • SOCIAL STRATEGIES
                   • Enable the learner to learn by interaction with others and understand the target culture. Eg. asking questions, asking for clarification and exploring cultural and social norms.