PERSONAL ADULT

LEARNING STYLE
INVENTORY
Gina Lavagnino
Monica Reyes

presented by
Francis Merck
Marjorie Rivas

Franz Morales
Andrea Lpez
Aida Reyes

DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN ADULT &
YOUNG LEARNERS

Adult learners are independent, self-directed,

goal oriented. They come to the classroom
knowing what they want to achieve, whereas
young learners depend on the teacher.
For young learners, learning is more of a social
activity, and they ultimately trust the teachers
guidance.

 Adult

learners have a lot of background knowledge

and life experiences to build on while young
learners are clean slates.

Young

learners are in the process of developing their

learning patterns and their expectations from the
teacher.

 The

biggest similarity is that both learners can be

grouped together with learning styles such as visual,
auditory, kinesthetic, etc.

Both

groups are motivated by content that is

provided in a real life context and is relevant to
them.

Both

groups need safe classroom environment where

diversity is respected.

BOTH GROUPS RESPOND AND LEARN THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL

CONSTRUCTIVIST
STRATEGIES:

Reflecting
Applying

learning to real life context

Active vs. Passive
Group or individual activities
Addresses all learning styles

4
Before the
next
question
Lets

at the most
important
Learning
Styles

Your students will be more

successful if you match
your teaching
style to their learning styles

GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION
The

Grammar Translation method

introduced the idea of presenting
students with short grammar rules
and word lists, then do translation
exercises in which they had to make
use of the same rules and words.

AUDIO-LINGUALISM
Based

on Skinners Behaviorism theory, its assumed

that a human being can be trained using a system of
reinforcement. Correct behavior receives positive
feedback, while errors receive negative feedback.
The Audio-Lingual Method is still in use today,
though normally as a part of individual lessons
rather than as the foundation of the course. These
types of lessons can be popular as they are
relatively simple, from the teachers point of view,
and the learner always knows what to expect.

PPP
Presentation

Practice
Production, or PPP, is a method for
teaching structures in a foreign
language. As its name suggests,
PPP is divided into three phases,
moving from tight teacher control
towards greater learner freedom.

CLT
Emphasizes

the ability to communicate the

meaning of the message, instead of
concentrating on grammatical perfection.
Therefore, the understanding of the second
language is evaluated in terms of how much
the learners have developed their
communicative abilities and competencies.

TASK-BASED LEARNING (TBL)

Task-Based

Learning focuses on the

use of authentic language through
meaningful tasks such as visiting the
doctor or a telephone call. This
method encourages meaningful
communication and is studentcentered.