My Learning Style

[Chelsie Darner]

Reading the information about autonomous learning was really intriguing. There were a lot of sections that talked about people and styles that heighten learning. Such as "repetition, when imitating others' speech;resourcing, i.e., having recourse to dictionaries and other materials; translation, that is, using their mother tongue as a basis for understanding and/or producing the target language; note-taking; deduction, i.e., conscious application of L2 rules...(http://iteslj.org/Articles/Thanasoulas-Autonomy.html)"I think all these things are very important to learning a new language. Many people do not think of learning a language in the sense that it can have a formula and steps just like a math or science problem.The reading, What is Learner Autonomy and How Can It Be Fostered?, also mentions constructivism. Which is key to creating a formula in learning languages; especially for teaching yourself a language.For me once I learned one language it was easy to see how to replicate the teaching style. Start with pronunciation, move to simple vocabulary - cognates, etc.From then FIRE chart i am generally a Factual and Insightful learner with a few Rational tendencies when it comes to teaching styles and grading/acknowledgement of work.As a learner I think the best plan is going to be laying out a detailed map of the oder in which to tackle tasks. What Vocabulary, grammar, and verbs to tackle fist. I will need to find ways to create a system of checking my progress - so making/finding worksheets.