UNIT 13 Learner
Characteristics
In this Unit I learnt that
learners’ characteristics play an important role in teaching and learning L2
because teachers need to be aware of the factorsthat influence
on learners’ attitude to learning the language such as: motivation,
learning style, learning strategies, maturity and past language learning experience. These
factors help to satisfy learners’ likes as well as to choose the style that
best work with them, so to know it teachers can use a survey where they canidentify these factors.
In addition, for teachers it is
important to incorporate activities that include several learning styles to
get all the students involve in the class and avoid using activities that
include only one learning style when one student can have more than one. When
learners develop autonomous work they have their own methods or ways to do it
which depend on the learning style. For example, getting feedback, memorizing,
recording your own voice are ways to retain information in your mind for a
quiz. To train learners it is also relevant to take into account the age, since
children, teens, adults do not acquire knowledge in the same way due to
maturity and past learning experience to help them to find pleasure in their
learning process.
In the classroom, I will find out
students’ learning style through a survey or an observation to be able to apply
activities and strategies that make language learning successful for the whole
class, so students can get confidence and
knowledge in the ways they learn best. Learner’s attitude is the key to
learning process that is why teachers have to be aware of how learners prefer
to learn based on the physical sense, interaction with
others, and thinking style.
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