Review: Multisensory learning is the key to success
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2014
The Learning Code is an excellent resource for anyone interested in increasing their understanding and fluency in a foreign language.Teaching is not my profession, but I was hoping this book would help in home lessons based on the description that it was also for parents and students. And it has proven helpful in so many ways. For one, it explains in detail the three main sensory modalities--visual, auditory, kinaesthetic--and helps you to understand how the whole "read-repeat-translate" method students are often taught, isn't a good fit for the majority. Each student has a dominant learning style and if we want them to become proficient, it makes sense to identify it in order to help them succeed. Some people are visual learners and pick things up quickly, while I learn better by reading and then using a "hands-on" approach to help solidify the lesson.Another topic I found fascinating was the chapter on Brain Hemispheres. The left is the Engineer and the right is the Poet, which many people already know. But do you know which is the site of language? This entire entry went a long way in explaining why multisensory learning is so effective.I think my favorite (fun) part was the section devoted to Didactic Activities. These are laid out in order of progression, with very clear instructions, and each has illustrations. Bonus!There is no one-size-fits-all way to effectively learn and excel in language studies. This book offers real alternatives that, if put into practice, can increase you or your student's chances at reaching a higher level of foreign language fluency.