LEARNING STYLES


According with Christison (2003), learning styles are individual’s natural habitual and preferred way of learning.
We can find some classical learning styles models according with different authors:



Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (1965) 

In this one, the author details the following elements: Extroversion vs. introversion

  • Sensing vs. intuition
  • Thinking vs. feeling
  • Judging vs. perceiving

Grace Fernard’s VAKT (1943)

In this method, use the following styles
  • Visual
  • Auditory
  • Kinesthetic
  • Tactile

Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory (1983)

This theory is focus on the relationship of a type of intelligence with certain capacity and perception:

  • Linguistic – related with words and language
  • Logical-Mathematical – related with logic and numbers
  • Musical – related with music, sound and rhythm
  • Bodily-Kinesthetic – related with body movement control
  • Spatial-Visual – related with images and space
  • Interpersonal – related with other people’s feelings
  • Intrapersonal – related with self-awareness



Learning Strategies


These are the operations used by the learners to develop their learning. The following strategies are focused on activities in order to improve learner’s development.
  • Cognitive strategies
  • Mnemonic strategies
  • Meta-cognitive strategies
  • Compensatory strategies
  • Affective strategies
  • Social strategies

And why we choose one of them? Because many factors influence in the choice. What influences strategy choice? We contemplate:
  • Motivation
  • Language learning environment
  • Learning style and personality type
  • Gender
  • Beliefs
  • Affective state
  • Aptitude
  • Culture or national origin
  • Career orientation
  • Age
  • Nature of the language Task



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  • Navarro, Claire
  • Salvatierra, Fiorella
  • Mautino, Pilar
  • Quisuruco, Jenny
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