HW 10

1.Aural 

2.Visual

3. Kinesthetic

Learning styles

     Learning is very important in my life, and specifically learning English is not easy for me, so I tried some different styles for this before. Everyone have their own favorite learning styles. I have three favorite learning styles.

     The three favorite learning styles are aural, visual and kinesthetic. These three learning styles is interesting and useful for me, and they help me a lots on my English learning way.First of all is aural, it is the best styles I can learn things. For this style, I will listening English songs, watching English TV shows and News. And I can also  remember the interesting examples, stories, jokes I hear before. Second is visual, it is a very good practice and it can improve my grammar also. I will do some writing and study grammar for it. The third one is kinesthetic, it is the one of the best style that can let me understand stuff. I can understand the knowledge form people’s action, graph, chat or a little funny show. This learning style can help me understand stuff easily and quickly. I like this learning style, specifically the talkers or performers are good.

     Learning English is difficult, but I found these three learning styles that I feel comfortable and useful. I will keep doing those things in my life and improve myself. I hope those three learning styles can help me become a “better me”. 232

Hw 9

The VARK Questionnaire Results Your scores were: Visual: 7 Aural: 13 Read/Write: 4 Kinesthetic: 8

 

Aural Study Strategies

If you have a strong preference for learning by Aural methods (A = hearing) you should use some or all of the following:

INTAKE

To take in the information:

• attend classes
• attend discussions and tutorials
• discuss topics with others
• discuss topics with your teachers
• explain new ideas to other people
• use a tape recorder
• remember the interesting examples, stories, jokes...
• describe the overheads, pictures and other visuals to somebody who was not there
• leave spaces in your notes for later recall and 'filling'

SWOT - Study without tears

To make a learnable package:

Convert your "notes" into a learnable package by reducing them (3:1)

• Your notes may be poor because you prefer to listen. You will need to expand your notes by talking with others and collecting notes from the textbook.
• Put your summarised notes onto tapes and listen to them.
• Ask others to 'hear' your understanding of a topic.
• Read your summarised notes aloud.
• Explain your notes to another 'aural' person.

OUTPUT

To perform well in any test, assignment or examination:

• Imagine talking with the examiner.
• Listen to your voices and write them down.
• Spend time in quiet places recalling the ideas.
• Practice writing answers to old exam questions.
• Speak your answers aloud or inside your head.

Hw8

1. nice professors
2. library, reading center
3. very good studying environment

Studying English at PCC

     English is a very important language in our lifes. Learning English is as hard as other languages. We want to recommed PCC as a good place to study English.

     First of all, what we want to recommed about PCC is the professors. There are a lot of good and knowledgeable professors at PCC. They have been teaching many years, and they have much teaching experience. They often use some criginal ways to teach students. Whatever class you take, you will meet a very nice professor. Moreover, there is also a huge library at PCC. As we know, the libary has three floors. On the first floor, students can use computers to study or do their homework. On the second floor, students can borrow whatever books they like and talk with each other in English. It is also a good way to improve speaking skills. On the top floor, we can find a good place to read those books we borrow before silently.

Finally, Pcc has a very good learning environment. Students at PCC always use English to chat with each other. In this way, we can improve our listening and speaking skills. PCC also has a reading center and ESL center to help international students study English, such as by watching English movies and doing some English practice.

     To sum it up, English is a very hard language to study. If we study at PCC, we will improve our English quickly. We hope more students can improve English a lot at PCC.

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