Today I will write about my personal learning style and the range of activities that help me learn in this way. Firstly, there are a three basic learning styles; visual learners, auditory learners and kinaesthetic learners. I am an auditory learner – this means I learn through the process of speaking and listening. To retain information I need to say it allowed or have someone read it out to me, hearing someone speak seems to keep the information in my mind for a longer period of time then what reading silently does.
Auditory learning has its detriments also, whilst in school majority of the class work revolved around reading silently which then meant I would have to read the material at home aloud again. Another negative to auditory learning is I can be easily distracted by other people talking, humming or music playing. However it has been said that auditory learners are able to increase their retention span as well as being able to multi-task as we don’t need to use our eyes or hands to listen.
Some activities for auditory learners are;
• Recite and repeat phrases aloud to yourself to retain the information
• Incorporate your learning information into a catchy song
• Use musical instruments and voice recordings
• Use verbal games when learning
If you would like to quiz yourself to find out your own learning style click on the link below;
http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml
Auditory Learning Style: definition and techniques, 2019, Vaks, 18/07/19,https://vaks.co.uk/inspire/auditory-learning-style-definition-and-techniques/
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