What Kind of Learner Are You?
Links for Students...How to Discover Your Learning Style and Create a Learning Style Profile Four Approaches to Language Learning Based on Learning Style
Learning Styles EvaluationThis webpage contains five very useful principles of learning. Read them and see how you can apply them to your ELP experience. Everyone has a "learning preference"; take a simple, online test to determine yours.Language Learning StrategiesThis page contains a l-o-o-o-n-g list of tips for becoming a more effective foreign language learner. Find some that look interesting and try them!Learning Styles and StrategiesMore ways to evaluate your own learning, and then, some thoughts on how to make the most of your classroom experience.Vocabulary Learning StrategiesHelpful Listening StrategiesComprehensive lists of strategies you can use to learn and retain new vocabulary, and improve your conversational ability.Multiple Intelligences ExplainedMultiple Intelligence InventorySeven Styles of LearningPsychologist Howard Gardener suggests that humans have seven types of "intelligence". Typically, schools focus on linguistic or mathematical intelligence; students whose dominant intelligence is in another area may be labelled "poor learners". You can read about Multiple intelligences here, then take an online test to determine your "intelligence profile".And for Teachers...Learning StrategiesThis page from the Theory Into Practice website summarizes information on the psychology of learning, and suggests how anyone can become a better learner.Teaching and Learning StrategiesSome very usable suggestions on how to engage students in active learning through a variety of in-class activities.Second Language Learning Styles and StrategiesAn ERIC minibibliography listing a number of articles and documents on Second Language Learning Styles and Strategies.Back to ELP Online!
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Last updated on 9/8/01
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