Auditory Learners
Auditory learners need information to be presented orally. They tend to be reflective, sequential, and analytical, and they are cognitive by nature. They also prefer information to be presented as individual facts, in order to first understand those facts throughly and then eventually understand the whole concept. Because this type of learner learns information best in pieces, those pieces should be presented in an orderly fashion, in a logical sequence.
Auditory learners need to understand natural relationships among the things that they are learning, so the pieces of new information should be arranged in a way that interrelates them. Auditory learners process information very deliberately and methodologically. They learn information in the most literal sense. They understand information as it is presented on the surface, not attempting to find subliminal meanings or relationships.
They also prefer to deal with information that is concrete. When information is presented, it is important for them to use that information. They may become frustrated or seem to lack motivation if the class is not well organized or activities and assignments are not precisely defined.
Many of the teaching strategies used in clasrooms today are appropriate for the learner who prefers to learn through the auditory mode. Auditory learners learn best through lectures, discussion, independent work, objective presentation and practices, questioning techniques, or tasks that require exact or specific answers, activities that involve memory, and verbal sorting.
Characteristics of Auditory Learners
REFERENCES:
Celli-Sarasin, L. (1999). Learning style perspectives:
Impact in the classroom. Madison,WI: Atwood.
Site Index Visual / Auditory / Kinesthetic