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Using different methods in classes
A teaching strategy is the method used to deliver information in the classroom,
online, or in some other medium. Effective teaching strategies help to make students active about a topic, increase their curiosity on details, engage students in learning and on task, develop critical thinking skills, and, in general, enable and
enhance the learning of course content. The goal of using teaching strategies is to
facilitate learning process, to motivate learners and engage them in learning, to help them focus on the information or course books. There are many strategies and no one can choose only one strategy to teach a language; each strategy is devoted to increase one aspect; hence all teaching methods are used cooperatively. It is important to vary instruction to not only keep the students' interest, but also to allow them to interact with content in various learning styles. In the classroom in the accompanying photograph, different instructional, pictured strategies can make a teacher's lesson more effective in reaching a wide range of learners. No two teachers are alike, and any teacher with classroom teaching experience will agree that their style of teaching is uniquely their own. An effective teaching styles engages students in the learning process and helps them develop critical thinking skills. Traditional teaching styles have evolved with the advent of differentiated instruction, prompting teachers to adjust their styles toward students’ learning needs.
Types of language learners and teaching methods
As teachers use various methods in teaching languages, learners also have different styles of learning the particular subject. Learning style is an individual's
natural or habitual pattern of acquiring and processing information in learning situations. Individuals differ from each other with the ways in how they learn. The
concept about individualized learning styles originated in the 1970s, and has greatly influenced education. According to the researches that teachers should assess their students so as to know students’ modes of learning and adapt their teaching strategies to best fit their students' learning styles. There are three modalities of learners: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
Visual Learners acquire ideas, concepts, data and other information in association with images, graphic structures and techniques. Such learners learn better when they see illustrations, have strong memory in visualizing. Graphic organizers are visual representations of knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas. To show the relationships between the parts, the symbols are linked with each other; words can be used to further clarify meaning. By representing information spatially and with images, students are able to focus on meaning, reorganize and group similar ideas easily, make better use of their visual memory.
Auditory Learning is a learning style in which a person learns through listening.
An auditory learner depends on hearing and speaking as a main way of learning.
Auditory learners must be able to hear what is being said in order to understand
and may have difficulty with instructions that are written. They also use their listening and repeating skills to sort through the information that is sent to them.
Teachers might use these techniques to instruct auditory learners: verbal direction,
group discussions, verbal reinforcement, group activities, reading aloud, and putting information into a rhythmic pattern such as a rap, poem, or song.
Kinesthetic Learning (also known as tactile learning) is a learning style in which learning takes place by the student carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration. Tactile-kinesthetic learners make up about five percent of the population. When learning, it helps for these students to move around; this increases the students' understanding, with learners generally getting better marks in exams when they can do so. Kinesthetic learners usually succeed in activities such as chemistry experiments, sporting activities, art and acting; they also may listen to music while learning or studying. It is common for kinesthetic learners to focus on two different things at the same time,
remembering things in relation to what they were doing. They possess good eye hand coordination. In kinesthetic learning, learning occurs by the learner using
their body to express a thought, an idea or a concept (in any field). A teaching strategy comprises the principles and methods used for instruction. Commonly used teaching methods may include lecture, class participation, demonstration, project-based learning or memorization, but some combination of these usually results in the most effective strategy. Mainly teachers choose teaching strategies depending on the given information or the objective that should be implemented, skill that is being taught and these strategies may be influenced by students’ learning styles, aptitudes, skills, and enthusiasm towards subjects. Any two teachers never choose the same strategies, because their classroom and learner`s knowledge level require different teaching approaches. An effective teaching style engages students in the learning process and helps them develop critical thinking skills. The following list of teaching styles highlights the five main strategies teachers use in the classroom, as well as the benefits and potential pitfalls of each respective teaching method.
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