【英语趣味课堂】不同种类的学习者-Learn Types Part 2

Julia: And how about you? What kind of learner are you?

Todd: Well I guess I'm maybe kinesthetic, that's movement, right, or doing things with your hands.

 

Julia: Yeah, I think so or even your whole body?

 

Todd: I don't know. Is kinesthetic using your hands or is it your whole body? Or does it matter?

 

Julia: I'm not sure it matters. Perhaps there's two different types. I know there's something called TPR when we teach English, total physical response.

 

Todd: Right. So that would be kinesthetic?

 

Julia: That's maybe kinesthetic, that's where you give an instruction and the student performs the task and they use the whole body in that case but it can just be your hands or a body part. I think it's both.

 

Todd: Yes, I think so, yeah. Yes, I mean, so basically¹ if I do it like if I somehow have to make it or if I'm moving, I definitely² think I learn better. You know, I learned³ how to do everything for web design and stuff⁴ like that by I think just moving the mouse, click here, click there, type here, type there, whereas⁵ like reading it from a book I just, you know, I couldn't learn it that way. So maybe, maybe, I'm kind of that way. The same with cooking, you know, like I have to do it. If I don't do it I'm not going to remember it. I just can't read a recipe and cook. So I think maybe the other thing I would be, would be, I guess would be an aural⁶ learner or auditory learner. So basically through hearing.

 

Julia: My husband's the same, yeah.

 

Todd: Yeah.

 

Julia: He can hear a sentence, hear a new word, and remember it just from his ears.

 

Todd: Really?

 

Julia: Yeah.

 

Todd: That's good.

 

Julia: That's very good, yeah.

 

Todd: Like I love podcasts and I love hearing things, that's probably why I have this website. I don't like reading too much. I do read and I actually don't even like watching TV very much. I don't like watching movies very much.

 

Julia: Really?

 

Todd: No. I would actually much rather listen to a radio program, a good podcast, than watch a movie.

 

Julia: You see when I listen to a podcast...

 

Todd: While I'm walking.

 

Julia: There you go, definitely kinesthetic. If I listen to a podcast, I get a little bit frustrated⁷ that I can't see the people speaking.

 

Todd: Really?

 

Julia: It frustrates⁸ me a little bit that I can't see the faces when they're talking, when I don't know what they look like.

 

Todd: Oh, I never even thought of that. Yeah, I just don't even care.

 

Julia: I need to, I need visual input⁹ in order for it to, I don't know, go into that part of my brain where it stays, where it stores maybe.

 

Todd: So we're definitely two different types of learners?

 

Julia: Absolutely, yes.

 

重点词汇:

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

kinesthetic

 

I guess maybe I'm a kinesthetic learner.

 

Something 'kinesthetic' involves movement, so a kinesthetic learner learns through movement. Notice the following:

 

This museum uses a kinesthetic approach to teaching¹⁰ kids about science.

The class involves a lot of kinesthetics.

whereas

 

I learned how to do everything for web design just by moving the mouse, whereas reading from a book, I just couldn't learn it that way.

 

You can use 'whereas' to introduce a second topic that is opposite the first topic. Notice the following:

 

My father is very tall, whereas my mother is short.

Here is too hot, whereas where I'm from is too cold.

auditory learner

 

 

I guess I would be an oral learner or an auditory learner.

 

An 'auditory learner' would be a person who learns through listening. Notice the following:

 

He is an amazing auditory listener, and he remembers everything.

I have never been a very good auditory listener.

visual input

 

 

I need a visual input to remember things.

 

'Visual input' are things that you can see. They are visual images that your brain can process. Notice the following:

 

It's important to write important concepts¹¹ on the board to give students a visual input during class.

We would like to have more visual input during the presentation to keep people interested.

stores

 

 

I need a visual input for it to go into the part of my brain where it stores.

 

Here, where something is 'stored' is where it is saved. Notice the following:

 

Here is where we store all the extra cleaning supplies.

Where do you store your empty suitcases?

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 whereas   

conj.而，却，反之

参考例句：

• They want a house,whereas we would rather live in a flat.他们想要一座房子，而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。
• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。

6 aural   

adj.听觉的，听力的

参考例句：

• The opera was an aural as well as a visual delight.这部歌剧对于听觉和视觉都是一种享受。
• You can use these tapes as aural material.你可以把这些磁带当作听力材料。

7 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 frustrates   

v.使不成功( frustrate的第三人称单数 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project. 使他懊恼的是，可用于这个项目的资金太少。
• His trouble is that he frustrates much easily. 他的毛病是很容易泄气。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。

10 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

11 concepts   

n.概念( concept的名词复数 )；观念；想法；总的印象

参考例句：

• He speaks in concepts rather than specifics. 他讲话时尽用抽象概念，而不谈具体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The word "beauty" comprehends various concepts. “美”这个词包括许多概念。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》