Each one of us has a different learning style. If as a student, I think I have only one learning style it will limit my learning because it is like having only a hammer for my set of tools. Every problem begins to look like a nail because that is all I am equipped to deal with. As a student I need to learn how to observe the details of the motions, how to discern the necessary form the extravagant. Each motion will have an essential component that cannot be omitted.
Focused observation is the first step to learning the essential components of any motion.
This means I have to teach myself to observe the motion and translate that motion into a language that makes sense to my mind. My instructors words may or may not make sense to my mind. I have to train my mind and my eyes to become my translators. The way that I perform the technique will be different from the way you perform the same technique. We are different people, with different abilities and strengths.