Learning styles...Auditory
Learning styles...Auditory. Is this you? 20% of our population are, the minority compared to the other two modalities.
The following characteristics will be found in an this modality, if you feel you fit this model then you will likely display some or all of the following
- You like rhymes and words
- You prefer to communicate face to face or over the telephone rather than e mail etc
- You take great pleasure from music, it connects within you
- You gain more clues from people not by what they say but how they say it
- Your mind works like a tape recorder, you will play things back to jump start memories
Common Expressions Of The auditory Modality
- You don't sound too happy!
- I wonder what so and so will say when they find out
- I hear you loud and clear
- That rings a bell
If this is you then you should explore the following to get the best from your study
- Talk aloud to yourself when thinking of what you need to learn
- Talk things over with others, ie group discussions or study groups
- Listen carefully to lectures
- Take short notes and record them carefully
- Use a dictaphone