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My Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles

Posted by Elliott Hammer on February 16, 2010 at 5:30pm
The results to my tests didn't surprise me too much. I am a visual/audio learner. I am a musician so it makes sense that I mainly pick up what I hear. Even though my musical intelligence is high, I don't think that I learn through music. Whenever there has been music in a classroom (for the purpose of using the music to learn, not just having it in the background) I have not been very receptive. I like music in the background when I'm thinking, but not when I have to be completely engaged in what I'm doing. I do like learning through clips and shows because it gives me both video and audio.
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Starting out reflections 1

Posted by Elliott Hammer on February 4, 2010 at 1:30pm
First, why I am learning Hebrew: I'm want to learn Hebrew so that I can communicate with my family in Israel and hopefully travel there again in the future. I don't plan on living there permanently but I would like to stay there for a considerable amount of time and get to know my family better. Writing/Reading aren't priorities for me but I suppose at some point in the future I might need to learn how.
I had my first meeting with Haya recently and it went really well. Haya is a really good language partner and we can tell that she genuinely wants to help us learn. Because I have somewhat of an ear for Hebrew from hearing my dad and grandparents speak, my pronunciation is very good for a beginner. I do know some words and phrases, but they are limited and I don't know any of the rules or context behind them. This makes it seem like I know more than I actually do so I have to make a point of establishing myself as a beginner (0 level) so I don't get over my head.
In the first lesson we learned a considerable amount. It is a little frustrating that I don't know/understand the rules behind what I'm doing although that may be too ambitious for the first time. Hopefully I'll start to put the pieces together on how to change the form of words within the next few weeks.
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