Some people prefer the auditory system. Some people prefer the kinesthetic system. They can also remember what they have seen better than they remember what they have heard. They learn best when they can see or make visual images of material. They are good listeners, and they are often good readers.
Auditory learners learn best when they can use language to describe the material to be learned.
For more information about the ways in which the senses of touch, taste, and smell work together to form the kinesthetic sensory modality see my philosophical observations. Kinesthetic learners learn best when they can participate in an activity. Most people who become academics prefer auditory processing. Instructors, like all people, tend to believe that ALL people process information the same way. Just as cats think that people can see in the dark as well as they can, and just as dogs expect people to be able to hear as well as they do, we all tend to think that others perceive the environment and create meaning the same way as we do.