Week 9: Multiple Intelligences, Learning Styles and learning Strategies

All of us might have similar feeling as I do that it seems incredible that we are at this time: week 9 of my great experience of online course, nearly the end of our online thread… Unlike the assignment from previous weeks, this week assignment focuses on the educational psychology. Not only did I spend time over reading the articles assigned, for more understanding I have watched video clips concerning the topics of multiple intelligences, learning styles, and learning strategies.

The articles we have read do not directly deal with technologies but what we have learned this week i.e. multiple intelligences, learning styles, learning strategies, and 5Cs learning strategies are indispensible components affecting effective language learning. This inspires me to give more attention to each individual student.  Montgomery and Groat (Student learning styles and their implications for learnings) told many reasons of using learning styles for their teaching. One of them is that they might get equal satisfaction from attempting to consider student learning styles as researchers take great pride from launching substantive innovations in their fields. I do agree that pride is a valuable reward and I would like to touch such a pride.  

Many learning strategies are provided in the Sailing the 5 Cs with Learning Strategies by National Capital Language Resource Center:  Center for Applied Linguistics of The George Washington University and Georgetown University. Even though the strategies are provided for secondary school students but I think teachers at other levels can exploit them. Unfortunately, I cannot remember all but it is there and I regard it as a great source for implementing the strategies for our teaching.

I cannot say more but would like to say in short that to meet the ultimate goal of language learning, teachers and students should cooperate in learning process, basically, with teacher understanding their students.

Best,

Moo