25 minutes

A3: Whole picture vs. Detail-orientated learners (optional)

• Show the first overhead, Learning Styles (whole picture vs. detail -orientated).
• Introduce the information regarding whole picture learners and start the inductive lesson with the trainees. The trainees are to be "ESL learners." (This information is available in Additional Resources: Two Models of Learning Styles.)
• Ask the warm-up questions and do the first reading with the comprehension questions.
• Outline what would happen throughout the rest of the lesson.
• Introduce the information regarding detail -orientated learners.
• Show the second overhead entitled, Learning Styles (whole picture vs. detail -orientated).
• Have trainees write up a mini-lesson with a partner teaching the differences in use between at, on and in using a deductive approach. (Lesson planning will come later; the emphasis here is on understanding the deductive approach.)
• Have the groups join another group and compare after the groups are finished.
• Show the third overhead entitled, Learning Styles (whole picture vs. detail-orientated) and discuss briefly. Are there any ways that you and your partner could change your mini-lesson so that it meets this criteria?

Note:

The information regarding cultural learning styles is very brief and is intended to give the trainee a chance to see that, while there may seem to be a connection between culture and learning styles, it is important not to make assumptions about a learner based on previous experiences with learners of the same culture.

Summarize the section on learning styles by discussing how the following can make learning successful for all students regardless of their cultural background:

• know your own teaching / learning style.
• use less favoured styles when reviewing concepts and skills but try to use the preferred method when introducing a new concept.
• discuss the learners learning style with them and help them understand why they do what they do while learning.