Wednesday, December 3, 2014

UNIT 13: LEARNER CHARACTERISTIC

LEARNER CHARACTERISTIC



In this chapter I learned some learners’ characteristics that influence in their attitude to learning a language. Those are motivation, learning style, learning strategies and maturity of them. In the classroom we can find different learning style students. They learn a language in different ways. Some of them are visual (they learn best through watching and looking), kinesthetic, (They learn best through being physically, moving and touching things- experiment), group (they learn working with others), analytic (they learn best having the opportunity to analyse things), etc. As teachers should know the types of learning style of our students in order to give them different materials that can help them to learn the language easily. Therefore, it is so important to use good learning strategies in teaching classroom. The right strategies help pupils learn the language better. So, Classes will be taught according the age and level of students. Other that teachers have to take in to account is the maturity of learners. It helps learners to be conscious and unconscious in the learning process. For example, children have different maturity factors than teenagers and adults. Adults are more maturity than teenager. They control themselves, they can choose class topic in the class. Different activities will be used with students. With children teacher can use games, videos, story telling  in order to get students attention . With teenagers the class will be a little more complex like, verbs, tenses. Finally, some learner characteristics will be the main problem that teachers can face in the class. They need to be prepared for that.
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There are some factors that include in the learner characterictic
  • The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
Carla.umn.edu,. (2014). The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA). Retrieved 3 December 2014, from http://www.carla.umn.edu/learnerlanguage/ind_d

  • Seven Characteristics of Good Learners
Maryellen Weimer, P. (2014). Seven Characteristics of Good LearnersFaculty Focus. Retrieved 3 December 2014, from http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/seven-characteristics-good-learners/

  • Itma.vt.edu

Itma.vt.edu,. (2014). Retrieved 3 December 2014, from http://www.itma.vt.edu/modules/spring11/efund



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