| How can you motivate a child to learn? Your lesson | | | | they are holding reflects this kind of learning style. For |
| plan is a good place to start. Children have many | | | | older learners, try offering them a word backwards |
| different ways of learning and you as the new | | | | and ask them to guess. |
| teacher, can channel their learning styles. You will need | | | | The Visual Learner |
| to learn over a relatively short period of time, what | | | | Try motivating this learner via visual and non textual |
| makes your student 'tick'. | | | | clues such as graphs, charts or media and assorted |
| Catering for different learning styles is challenging since | | | | visuals such as a power point presentation or just |
| different students will require different ways of learning. | | | | using a general picture. Aim for age appropriate visual |
| You will need to build a student profile of each learner | | | | aids with stimulating and motivational content. Once the |
| in the beginning. One ways to do this is by distributing | | | | students have absorbed the visual aids (usually after a |
| questionnaires on learning styles, which will ultimately | | | | few minutes) you can have a question and answer |
| help you as the new teacher cater to the four major | | | | session. For ESL class, prediction is an effective |
| types of learning styles. | | | | technique to motivate students to read. |
| Here are a few of the major learning styles that you | | | | Auditory Learner |
| can incorporate in your lesson plan. | | | | Try using using jazz chants and sing-song approaches |
| The kinesthetic learner | | | | to introduce new vocabulary. |
| This type of learner learns through the tactile response | | | | When you know how to cater to different learning |
| by touching and feeling. Providing ABC letters in | | | | styles, you will be able to maximize your chances for |
| different shapes and textures, blindfolding the children | | | | motivation. The ultimate payback will be giving your |
| and encouraging them to make guess which letter | | | | students the love of learning. |