English Language Learning Styles
We all know that students have their own individual
styles of learning. Learning styles are a hot topic for
analysis nowadays. One expert says that there are six
different general learning styles. Do you know what they
are called? They are dependent, independent,
collaborative, competitive, participant, and avoidant.
However, regarding English specifically, another expert
says there are only four different styles: the concrete, the
analytical, the communicative, and the authority-
oriented. In the following paragraphs, I’ll tell you more
about this classification and explain some of the pros and
cons of each one.
Concrete learners like to learn English through playing
games, watching videos, and listening to CDs. They also
enjoy doing speaking practice in pairs. Concrete learners,
they are very good students. It is because they make an
effort to practise their English out of class. If they come
across native speakers, they will grab the chance to talk to
them. However, concrete learners often fail to study the
Notes
Do not use personal pronouns.
Do not use informal vocabulary.
Acknowledge sources with accurate
references.
Do not ask questions in essays.
Do not use contractions.
Do not use constructions from your native
language. Instead, use standard sentence
structures with the subject-verb-object order,
and link ideas together, e.g. Concrete learners
are very good students because they …
