Archive for October, 2009

Teaching Second Language to Visual Learners

October 28, 2009

Teaching Second Lang.Teaching Second Language to Visual Learners

By Zainurrahman

Introduction

Visual learner or visual-spatial learner term was firstly introduced by Howard Gardner in as one of items in his theory of multiple intelligences. Each learner has their uniqueness, means that they are different individually; and because of their individual differences, they will acquire their second language in various ways. Visual learner, as mentioned in an educational journal cited “think in term of physical space, as do architects and sailors. They are very aware of their environment, they like to draw, do jigsaw puzzles, read maps… they can be taught through drawings, verbal and physical imagery, tools include models, graphics, charts, photographs, video, television, text and picture.”[1]

Visual intelligence is an ability to observe “space” accurately (read more? Download this free journal via 4shared)