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THE VISUAL LEARNER
Most common behaviour found in VISUAL LEARNERS
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Visual learners
]E2]
[E3]
[E4]
[I1]
[F1]
tend to think in pictures and learn best from visual displays (diagrams, illustrated texts, videos, overhead transparencies).
- They are very neat and organized
- They tend to follow the teacher with their eyes as he/she moves around the classroom (they do "lip reading" and need to "see" what the teacher is saying).
- They pay attention to the teacher’s body language and facial expression.
- They generally respond better to teacher’s written comments than to verbal messages.
Kinsella made a distinction between VISUAL-VERBAL (learners who prefer acquiring information through written texts) and VISUAL-NON-VERBAL (a preference for non-verbal language; they learn best from visual displays, illustrated books, OHP).
It is important to note that visual learners have not only a preference for perceiving information through the visual channel; they also tend to recall information by remembering how it was set out on a page; they remind what they have seen; and they tend to process the new input with the aid of mental pictures.
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TEACHERS
- Use photographs, drawings and sketches to reinforce the meaning of vocabulary words; show films and videotapes.
- Suggest your students to close their eyes and try and visualise information in every detail (and to add bright colours and light in mind’s eye) to learn it better; suggest them to use various graphic organizers to chart information; to use extensively highlighters and underline important information.
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