Elaborate different physical characteristics of learners. Also discuss the role of physical activities in developing body movement.

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They talk about what to do, about the pros and cons of a situation. They indicate emotion through the tone, pitch, and volume of their voices. They enjoy listening but cannot wait to get a chance to talk. They tend toward long and repetitive descriptions. They like hearing themselves and others talk. They tend to remember names but forget faces and are easily distracted by sounds. They enjoy reading dialogue and plays and dislike lengthy narratives and descriptions. Auditory learners benefit from oral instruction, either from the teacher or from themselves. They prefer to hear or recite information and benefit from auditory repetition.

• Like to talk
• Talk to self
• Lose concentration easily
• Prefer spoken directions over written directions
• Enjoy music
• Read with whispering lip movements
• Remember names
• Sing
• Cannot concentrate when noisy
• Extroverted
• Like listening
• Prefer lecture and discussion
• Prefer verbal praise from teachers

Tools for Auditory Learners

• Record lectures for repeated listening
• Use rhymes to help memorize
• Say study material (record and listen repeatedly for review)
• Listen to recordings of study material while driving to work or school
• Read aloud 
• Discuss the material
• Listen carefully
• Sound out words
• Say words in syllables
• Talk through problems; paraphrase ideas about new concepts
• Paraphrase directions
• Talk about illustrations and diagrams in texts
• With new processes, talk about what to do, how to do it and why it’s done that way

Auditory teachers prefer. . .

• Using their voices to explain things
• Recordings, conversations, and phone calls
• Discussion in class
• Students to discuss issues among themselves, work together, and contribute their ideas
• Clever use of speech; making a point well
• Argument, debate and discussion
• Seminars, group presentations, student interaction, role plays and dialogue
• To use the words, “explain, describe, discuss, and state” in written exam questions

Methods to Engage Auditory Learners

• Lecture
• Utilize sound during lectures
• Use beats, rhymes or songs to reinforce information
• Use mnemonic devices
• Ask questions during class and allow students to give verbal responses
• Allow students to engage in small group conversation during class
• Use aural cues to alert students to important information
• Provide verbal summary at the end of each class
• Think, Pair, Share

Role of physical activities in developing body movement:

Regular physical activity helps develop your child’s movement skills. It also, of course, helps bones become stronger and builds a healthy heart and stronger muscles. Physical activity also helps your child keep a healthy body weight. Moderate intensity exercise can even help to relieve some chronic (long-term) pain conditions by maintaining physical function and decreasing fatigue.

Aside from providing general physical benefits, regular activity can also help ease symptoms of premenstrual syndrome in girls. This is because moderate exercise helps the body produce hormones called endorphins. These are natural painkillers that can ease abdominal and back pain as well as improve mood.

Benefits of activity for brain function

While it may not seem obvious, physical activity plays an important role in developing the brain and supporting essential mental functions.

Research shows that regular moderate intensity exercise can increase the size of the hippo campus, an area of the brain involved with learning and memory. Exercise also helps release growth factors, chemicals in the brain that affect the growth and survival of new brain cells as well as blood vessels in the area.

Exercise leads to improved motor skills (such as hand-eye co-ordination), better thinking and problem-solving, stronger attention skills and improved learning. Not surprisingly, these all combine to benefit school performance. In fact, even the simple act of playing outside with friends, setting non-academic goals and seeing progress can help the brain refocus when it comes time for school work.

Benefits of activity for emotional and mental health

If your child has depression or anxiety, or even just an “off” day, exercise may be the last thing on their mind. However, physical activity can help greatly with maintaining mental wellbeing. The endorphins that the brain releases during exercise help to improve mood, energy levels and even sleep. Together, these positive effects help to improve self-confidence and resilience.

Exercise can:

• reduce anxiety
• improve relationships
• improve body image.

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