Learning Journal #1

[Haley Harris]

I studied French in middle school and high school and when I came to UR I studied Spanish. To be perfectly honest, I have not taken advantage of what I have learned and I have forgotten a majority of what I did learn. I think that the main reason is that at the time I was learning the language, I did not see the direct benefit. For instance, when am I going to need to know all of the tenses of all of these verbs? It could be explained by a lack of drive, but I don’t think that is the case. The learning style just wasn’t right for me.

The results of the Learning Styles Inventory test showed that I prefer to work alone and use self-study. Well, it’s a good thing I enrolled in this class then. The test also showed that I am visuallearning and prefer using pictures and spatial understanding. When I begin teaching myself Farsi I
will attempt to incorporate the visual style of learning.

The Multiple Intelligence Inventory confirmed that I am an intrapersonal learner and a visual learning. However, I think that main benefit from this test is that itshowed I was a logical learner; I learn best from categorizing and
classifying.

I feel as though these two tests have helped me begin my language journey on the right foot.The first step to learning anything is figuring out the best way to go
about it.

[Nuray Grove]

I'm glad to hear that you found the tests helpful. "direct benefit". You use that phrase in your first paragraph, and I think it is important for us to remember that we "remember" only relevant information. our brain deletes the rest. so, now you need to decide what you want to do with Farsi.