TKT – Unit 13 – Learner characteristics – Flashcards
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Learner characteristics
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include a learner's motivation, learning style, learning strategies, maturity and past language learning experience
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Learning styles
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ways in which a learner naturally prefers to take in, process and remember information and skills
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commonly mentioned learning styles
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visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, group, individual, reflective, impulsive, analytic,
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visual
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the learner learns best through watching and looking
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auditory
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the learner learns best through listening and hearing
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kinaesthetic
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the learner learns best through being physical, while moving or touching things
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group
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the learner learns best through working with others
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individual
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the learner learns best through working alone
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reflective
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the learner learns best when given time to consider choices
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impulsive
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the learner learns best when able to respond immediately
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analytic
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the learner learns best when given the opportunity to analyse things
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autonomous
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the learner likes to decide what he/she learns and how to learn
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Learning strategies
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the ways that learners choose and use to learn language - they include ways to help themselves identify what they need to learn, process, remember, and use new language
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Maturity
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involves becoming grown up physically, mentally and emotionally
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different maturities that influence language learning
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Children, Teenagers, Adults see table p.73-74
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Influence of past language learning experience
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Teenage and adult learners may have learnt English before. They may be used to learning in a particular way and have definite ideas about how to learn best.The learners may welcome a change in method, but they may want to learn in the same way as they learnt before.
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learner training
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train learners to become aware of and use different learning strategies
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mingle
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an activity which involves learners walking round the class talking to other students
