This unit showed us many of the traits that are taken
into consideration to talk about learners. Learner characteristics involve
things like learning style, motivation, learning strategies, etc. Adults are characterized by maturity,
self-confidence, autonomy, solid decision-making, and are generally more
practical, multi-tasking, purposeful, self-directed, experienced, and less
open-minded and receptive to change. All these traits affect their motivation,
as well as their ability to learn. So let’s see the adult
learners' cognitive and social characteristics, and what instructional
designers need to know in order to create the right course content and
structure, and adjust their attitude. Here we have some of the learning styles
which are the ones that learners naturally prefer in order to take it, process
and remember information and skills.
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Sensory Learners – if you rely too much on sensing, you can tend to prefer what is
familiar, and concentrate on facts you know instead of being innovative and
adapting to new situations. Intuitive Learners –
if you rely too much on intuition you risk missing important details, which can
lead to poor decision-making and problem solving.
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Visual Learners – if you concentrate more on pictorial or graphical information than
on words, you put yourself at a distinct disadvantage because verbal and
written information is still the main preferred choice for delivery of
information.
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Verbal Learners – when information is presented in diagrams, sketches, flow charts,
and so on, it is designed to be understood quickly.
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Active Learners – if you act before you think you are apt to make hasty and
potentially ill-informed judgments.
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Reflective Learners – if you think too much you risk doing nothing.
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Sequential Learners – when you break things down into small components you are often able
to dive right into problem solving.
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Global Learners – if grasping the big picture is easy for you, then you can be at
risk of wanting to run before you can walk.
Moreover we can find some learning strategies that are
the way that learners choose to learn a language, some of them are the
following:
- - Repeat words in your head to learn new vocabulary
- - Ask for feedback
- - Experimenting
- - Paraphrasing
- - Thinking about how to memorize
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