by Kay Fielding

Created on: October 03, 2009

Regular class teaching is geared toward teaching auditory and visual learners, so auditory learners have an distinct advantage. Auditory learners learn by hearing something. If they can hear it, they usually can remember it. Study tips for auditory learners include being able to hear the information out loud. Reading out loud also helps them.

To find out their learning style so that they can understand how they learn best, older students can determine their learning style by going to certain web sites. This one is good, and it will help them understand which learning style best fits them. There is a test online at

http://homeworktips.about.com/od/homeworkhelp/a/lsty leqz.htm. Students can view an online chart at http://www.chaminade.org/INSPIRE/learnstl.htm which will help determine learning style. As a teacher, if you do not wish to test students individually, you can watch them and determine which learning style each student is by using ideas which details actions from people with specific learning styles. http://www.educ.uvic.ca/epls/faculty/rowles/301.htm.

Auditory learners have various ways to help them best learn. There are methods that work best for them and can be found on the web. One good site is http://homeworktips.about.com/od/homeworkhelp/a/lear ningstyle.htm My older son is an auditory learner. He can sit in a class and listen, and when he hears a lecture, he can pass tests with an A if the professor is a decent teacher. He does not need to take notes, but he learns by hearing.

Auditory learners do not need to take notes. However, they can practice saying words and their definitions so that they can remember them. They can practice key concepts by saying them out loud. Recently my son said that his teacher made students say the things he wanted them to remember. He said he was learning more in this class than he has in any class he has ever taken. This is a perfect environment for an auditory learner because he not only hears the teacher say it but he also says it himself. An auditory learner can learn best by hearing it and then hearing himself or another person say it again.

Auditory learners learn well in a quiet environment, and they must have quiet to study. Noises distract them because they are auditory by nature. Therefore a quiet classroom is a must while they learn. However, since they learn by hearing, they should be hearing what they need to know if they are studying for a test.

Auditory learners also benefit from hearing a story read to them. Many teaching manuals include tapes or CDs of stories. An auditory learner will learn well as he listens to this type of teaching methodology. If during the story, the tape is stopped, and he is reminded of the ideas taught as the teacher tells him, he will be a good learner.

They do not, however, need to take notes. They need to hear what the teacher says, and they need a quiet environment to focus on what they hear without distractions.

As you might imagine, auditory learners love verbal praise. They usually are not impressed with stickers because stickers are for visual learners. They need to hear what it is that they have done that is successful. As an auditory learner studies, he can be encourage by being told, Yes, you have the idea. You're right. This auditory confirmation will help him remember.

As you think about study tips for auditory learners, realize that they need to hear what it is that they should learn. Therefore, if they are studying for a test, they need to read information out loud. Read to them. Let them read it. They will remember it.

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