TITLE: Learning Strategies INTRODUCTION: What is learning? According to the New Merriam-Webster Dictionary, learning is the act of knowledge and understanding by studying and experience. Learning is not always boring there are many things that can be incorporated into a classroom to make learning fun. As teachers, we must keep in mind that all our students are different and they all think and learn in different ways. A lot or research has been done in various fields in order to find distinctive learning strategies. Every subject: Math, Science, Foreign Languages, History, etc. all require different learning strategies. One student using a specific strategy to learn Spanish would not necessarily use the same strategy to learn Math. Expert strategies, Bruner's concept of attainment, Bandura's social learning, social constructivism, and shadow talking are a few of the learning strategies that interest me the most. In the subject of area of Spanish these strategies can be applied in numerous ways.
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English: Graphic showing vocabulary included in a ...The theoretical view that interests me the most is cognitivism. The cognitive view of learning is a general approach that views learning as an active mental process of acquiring, remembering, and applying knowledge. I think that in order for anyone to learn they must have an active mental process. As a foreign language educator, I think that I will be able to gain a lot using learning strategies properly. Learning Spanish is not easy, and any strategy that makes learning the language a little more exciting and meaningful will help. I do not want to focus on teaching students how to memorize; even though, the biggest part of learning a foreign language is memorization. I want to teach the students how to think for themselves and find strategies to make learning the language easier.
BODY: The first strategy that I would...