Discover your unique LEARNING STYLE: Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic

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Learn English with Rebecca


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Hi.
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My name's Rebecca, and in this lesson I'm going to explain to you about something called
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learning styles.
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This lesson is good not only for English learners for whom I usually make lessons, but also
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for anyone in general who's trying to learn more effectively.
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Now, the thing to remember is that not everybody learns in the same way.
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I have a particular way of learning, you have a way of learning, so does your brother, your friend, your cousin.
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Okay?
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So what's important when you're trying to learn is to discover: What is your learning style?
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And that's what this lesson will show.
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All right?
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Let's go to the board.
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There are three main learning styles.
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About 60% of the population are visual learners, about 30% of the population are auditory learners,
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and about 10% are kinesthetic learners.
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Okay?
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And as I read through the characteristics, you'll probably be able to identify who you
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are and what kind of way you learn best because you will recognize what you enjoy doing, and
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what you enjoy doing tells you what kind of learner you are and what kind of a learning
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style you have.
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Okay?
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So, the visual learner, of course, enjoys learning by seeing; auditory by hearing; and
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the kinesthetic by actually doing something.
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I'll explain what that means.
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So, visual learner will enjoy reading information from books, and the internet, and so on; auditory
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will enjoy talking and hearing lectures; and the kinesthetic person will enjoy participating
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in experiences.
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All right?
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Visual learner will also enjoy diagrams, pictures, maps.
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You enjoy writing things down on pen and paper in order to really understand them and remember
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them.
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Okay?
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Or into the computer, but you need to see it written down somewhere.
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You don't feel like you've actually understood until you've written it down.
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That's how I actually learn.
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And also enjoy reading the news.
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All right?
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An auditory person, as I said, enjoys lectures, music, they enjoy hearing instructions, receiving
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verbal instructions.
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This person will need to read instructions before doing something or going somewhere,
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and this person will prefer to be told the instructions.
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Okay?
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They also enjoy participating in discussions, debates.
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They usually memorize well, and they also have been told...
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Maybe you've been told you have an ear for languages.
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If you have an ear for languages that means you are probably an auditory learner.
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And you probably enjoy listening to the news versus reading the news.
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All right?
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The kinesthetic learner is in the minority, and usually has a harder time at school, college,
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university, because in those educational establishments you have to sit down-right?-when you're learning,
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supposedly.
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They don't give you a lot of space to move around, so that person is a little bit more challenged.
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They may have had a hard time going through school because of that.
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And so, let's look at what that person actually enjoys doing or how they enjoy learning.
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You enjoy participating in experiences, going on field trips, building a model of something
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in order to understand the concept, not just reading about it, and also moving.
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Okay?
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Doing things with the information.
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So, next I'll give you various strategies you can use if you are a visual learner, or
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an auditory learner, or a kinesthetic learner.
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So here are some ideas about how to learn effectively based on your learning style. Okay?
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So if you're visual, make sure you write down the information.
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You want to make sure you copy things from the board.
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Because you're visual you need the eye contact with the teacher or the professor, so try
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your best to sit in the front so that you have less visual distractions.
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Make sure you take notes while the lecture is going on.
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Use highlighters while you're taking notes or later while you're studying.
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You could make flash cards with the vocabulary if you're learning English, for example, or
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whatever other subject you're learning.
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You could also watch videos, because that's a really good way for you to learn.
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So what you're doing right now is a very good thing to do, especially if you're a visual learner.
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Now, people who have a strong visual learning style usually do quite well on written tests
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such as essays, and you usually have a harder time when it comes to listening comprehension
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exercises.
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So, what does that mean?
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Well, when you're preparing for an exam, for example, if you're studying English, you're
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going to do the TOEFL or the IELTS, you want to make sure you really practice the listening
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comprehension part if you're a visual learner because you're going to have more challenges
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in that section.
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Okay?
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If you're auditory you want to make sure that you record the information for yourself.
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For example, you might want to read it aloud from your textbook.
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"I am, you are, he is, she is", if you're learning grammar.
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It will help you to hear it.
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Okay?
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So you could record it from a textbook, and this way you'll remember it more easily.
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Also, speak to others about it.
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Conversational classes are very good for you if you're learning English and you're an auditory learner.
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Repeat the information, it helps you learn a lot, and repeat it with your eyes closed
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because auditory learners don't like to have visual distractions.
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They want to be able to focus on the auditory part, so repeat things with your eyes closed,
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it will help you to remember.
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And avoid auditory distractions.
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So as much as possible, if you have this learning style, try to study in a quiet place, try
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to study in a place where you don't have a lot of noise and other things going on around you,
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and that will help you learn more effectively.
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Again, someone with an auditory style will do very well or better at oral exams, and
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will have a harder time with reading comprehension type exercises.
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So if you have this style, make sure you really study and practice a lot of the reading comprehension
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because you'll have more challenges there.
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The kinesthetic learner usually enjoys multiple choice type questions and doesn't enjoy the
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long written tests as much.
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So what can you do if you're a kinesthetic learner?
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Well, you could try to make a game out of whatever it is you're trying to learn, even
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if it's English, whether it's the tenses, whether it's vocabulary.
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Try to create some kind of game so that there's activity involved.
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You could actually visit a location, in your case visiting an English-speaking country
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would be great.
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Take frequent breaks because you don't like to sit in one place for very long, you become
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ineffective, so make sure you take frequent breaks, get up, walk around, come back.
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Be comfortable when you're...
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When you're studying.
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It doesn't mean that you have to sit in a chair and at the table.
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You might learn more effectively, especially if you're a kinesthetic learner, you might
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learn very well lying on your bed or lying on the floor.
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Okay?
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Find the position that's comfortable for you, and don't presume that it is always at a table
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and...
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With a table and chair.
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And also do a lot of activities, again, part of making it a game, making it something that's
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active.
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All right?
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So, I think from what we've discussed so far you can probably recognize whether you are
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more of a visual learner, or auditory, or kinesthetic, but if you'd like more information
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on this subject of learning styles, you can go to my website, www.studyingstyle.com
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and read more about this.
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You can also go to our English learning website, www.engvid.com, if you'd like to do a quiz
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on this subject.
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Thanks very much for watching.
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I do believe that this information can completely transform the way that you learn anything,
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and having taught for many years, I've seen students implementing this and it makes a
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tremendous difference not only in the result, but also in your confidence in yourself about
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achieving a successful result. Okay?
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So all the best with your learning and with your English.
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Bye for now.
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