GOOD LANGUAGE LEARNER’S

Second Language Learning Styles & Strategies

HOW CAN A BIRD LEARN TO FLY WITHOUT

SPREADING THEIR WINGS AND TAKE THEIR FIRST

FLIGHT TO THE SKY?~ANONYMOUS~

WHAT MAKES A GOOD LANGUAGE LEARNER?

Learning Styles:

Characteristic Of A Good Language Learner

Auditory Visual / Verbal

Tactile Visual / Non-Verbal

BIODATA

AMIRAH BT ABDULLAHLive in Pandan Indah, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur

Love listening to music, reading novels, writing poem or short stories

Writes short stories and poem or songs on free time.

MUHD. HAIKAL BIN SOBRILive in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang.

Love reading comics, watching English movie and dramatization.

Singing English song for fun

LEARNING STYLES

SIMILARITIESAmirah Haikal

Listening to music Listening to music

Use dictionary to look up meaning

Use dictionary to look up meaning

Make own notes Make own notes

Use flashcards and diagram Use flashcards and diagram

DIFFERENCESAmirah Haikal

Reading novels and books Watching movies and dramatization

Practice speaking English at home with family

Doesn’t practice speaking English at home with family

Befriends with someone who speaks other language

Have local online friends

Read information silently Picture everything in head

Brainstorm with friends Participate in field-trip

CHARACTERISTIC OF A GOOD LANGUAGE LEARNER

Find a learning style that suits them

Actively involved in the language learning process

Try to figure out how the language works

Language is used to communicate

A good detective

C O N T.

Learn to think in the language

Realize that language learning is not easy

Good culture learner ( aware of the relationship between language and culture )

Long-term commitment to language learning

CONCLUSION Ability to adapt and speak fluently in language not of their mother

tongue, requires practice and long-term commitment.

Amirah used auditory, and visual / verbal learning styles.

Meanwhile, Haikal used tactile and visual/ non-verbal learning styles

To be fluent in any language you learn, you need to be self-aware, inquisitive, tolerant, self-critical, realistic, willing to experiment, organized and actively involved in the learning process.