Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences

A learning strategy is the mental and communicative process that learners use to learn a second language. In others words, the learning strategies are techniques or devices learners may use to acquire knowledge about the target language. In order to maximize their potential and contribute to their autonomy, language learners need training in metacognitive, cognitive, social or affective learning strategies.

The learning strategies depend on the student because each one has different strengths and different learning or cognitive styles. For instance, some students are better visual thanaural learners. That is, they learn better when they are able to real material rather than only listen to it.

Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences are sistematic learning plans oriented toward a sucessful student's academic work. There are many kinds of students and each student has a different learning capacity. According to Dr. H. Gardner, intelligence is the capacity to do something useful in the society in which we live. Intelligence is the ability to respond succesfully to new situations and the capacity to learn from one's past experiences.

We have eight kinds of intelligences, they are: Linguistic, spatial, logic/math, kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic.