Auditory

Students with an auditory learning style learn best through listening to spoken language. They have strong language skills, a well-developed vocabulary, and strong oral communication skills. Consequently, they can articulate ideas clearly, and they excel in story-telling. Quite often, their class participation is much stronger than written work and test scores. They tend to learn foreign languages easily.

Suggested Teaching Strategies

• As much as possible, try to use lecture, classroom discussion, pair/share, and small cooperative learning groups.
• To help with multi-step projects, encourage students to articulate the steps involved.
• Pair a auditory learner with a visual learner for group projects.
• Encourage oral responses.

Suggested Links:

Ways to Spot an Auditory Learner and Teaching Methods--Scroll down to Auditory Learner section

Learning Styles: Auditory--excellent description of learning strengths with suggesting learning and teaching strategies

Learning Style Awareness--A Basis For Developing Teaching and Learning Strategies

 

Last updated 03.22.07

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