ELS ELS Language What is Learning

students… Style?
XX Centers Sensory\
Where are Intuitive How learners
Daiva Berzinskas
they from? Email:daivaberz@gmail.co acquire, retain, and
retrieve
Gabon
information.
Cameroon
Saudi Are you meeting
Arabia the needs of your
Visual\
Libya students’ individual
Verbal
Kuwait and cultural
Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela Sequential/
Peru Global
Japan Active Reflective\
South Korea Reflective
Vietnam
China
Taiwan
Thailand Language Shock and
China
Russia Inductive\
Deductive
Culture Shock
Inductive\
Deductive
– Are
Mexico
Switzerland Your Students
Afflicted?
Are You Addressing Moving to a new country and the frustration
the Cultural and associated with learning a new language are
common for many international students.
Individual Learning These types of shock can greatly influence
student learning.
Styles in Your Know the signs!
Classroom??? Language Shock – Frustration learners face
Addressing individual learning styles of students when learning a new language. Language
is particularly important when teaching ESL. Get shock develops when ELLs feel too pressure to
to know the learning styles of your students by learn the L2 language in too short a period of
administering this interactive quiz from time.
Edutopia to find out!
Culture Shock – Emotional reactions to living
Learning Styles: in a new culture and learning a new language.
Sensory-Intuitive Sequential-Global Know the three stages: 1) Euphoria; 2) Culture
Visual-Verbal Inductive- Shock; 3) Adaptation.
Deductive
Active-Reflective Talk about culture shock in your classroom.
Check out this website from eslflow.com for
What’s Your Learning Style?: some useful lessons:
http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences- http://www.eslflow.com/interculturalcommunic
learning-styles-quiz? ation.html