Learner's Beliefs
True or False?
Second language learners are always aware of their individual cognitive or perceptual learning styles
False
True or False
Learner's instructional preferences will influence the kinds of strategies they use in trying to learn new material
Which type of learners have strong beliefs and opinions about how their instruction should be delivered?
Older learners
an instructional approach that rigidly adheres to a single way of teaching all students and an expectation that all students can learn in the same way will________________.
Deprive some students of learning oportunities
True or false
learners beliefs be strong mediating factors in their experience in the classroom
True
Bonus question
You're lucky today
What did Carlos Yorio find in a survey of adult international students?
High levels of dissatisfaction among the students
Teachers can help learners expand their __________
and thus develop ______________ in their ways of approaching language learning.
repertoire of learning strategies
greater flexibility
What are learner's beliefs usually based on?
previous learning experiences and the assumption (right or wrong) that a particular type of instruction is the best way for them to learn.
Name of the person that proposed a number of ways for educators to help learner's make the most of their individual abilities and learning preferences
Zoltán Dörnyei