Bodily/Kinesthetic Learners Bodily or kinesthetic learners can be easily overlooked in the classroom. Traditional classrooms don’t necessarily encourage students to get up and move in the middle of class. However, kinesthetic learners can really flourish in the ESL classroom if you take the time to plan the right activities. Try total physical response, a proven effective teaching method. I have found this style of teaching particularly effective at the beginning level. Play games with dice, cards, popsicle sticks or any other manipulatives. I have found that teaching vocabulary can be fun and engaging when I make ways for students to handle the words. Have your students take notes in class. Though they will need to process the information they hear, the motion of writing words on the page will help them absorb the information that they are hearing. Similar to note taking, encourage students to mark up their text books (if you won’t need to reuse them with your next class). Highlighting and making notes in the margin will help your students retain the information they are reading.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 02:59:56 +0000
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