Auditory Perception Modality:

Strengths:

Receive information through hearing.
Express yourself verbally.
You learn best in small lecture classes, discussion groups and guest speaker classes.
You repeat information out-loud to remember it.
You prefer a quiet study area.

Weaknesses:

You may not like to work in groups.

Learning strategies:

Create jingles to help memorize information.
Join a study group that meets regularly and discusses material.
Tape record your classes and listen later to review material.

General Activities:

Sound it out in your mind and spell it out-loud.
Listen to someone explain how to proceed.
Tell someone what the problem is.
Give directions by explaining how to get there.
Listen to some music.
Read all instructions aloud.

Organizational Activities:

Use Discussion groups to verbally organize essays before committing ideas to paper.
Discuss organization aloud, rather than relying heavily on written material.
Read outlines and concepts aloud, explaining that you raise the volume or pitch of your voice for main ideas, and softer for supporting ideas. Insist students do also.
Repeat what you say, repeat what you say, and repeat what you say. Then repeat what you say.

Idea Development:

Ask questions about cause and effect (What happens next? And then?)
Listen to and record news programs on radio and TV. Go over the chronology and development of the segment.
Read articles or information aloud and have students find supporting details.
Play verbal Round Robin where one person offers an idea and other people take turns adding details.
Create discussion groups.
Hold mini-debates to illustrate cause and effect.

Grammar Development:

Use expressive and interesting language. Change intonation, pace, pitch, analogies.
Create jingles or raps as mnemonic devices.
Encourage the use of talking books and books on tape.

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