Multisensory Teaching : Learning in a innovative way

Presentation on Multisensory Learning

1. MULTISENSORY TEACHING : LEARNING STRATEGIC LANGUAGES IN A INNOVATIVE WAY

2. AIM To understand the nuances of multisensory teaching and its usage in learning strategic languages.

3. PREVIEW Part I - Multi-sensory Teaching-Meaning and Importance .   Part II - Learning styles and Quick Facts.   Part III - Rationale for the Use of Multi-Sensory Teaching .   Part IV - The Different Teaching and Learning Techniques. Part V - Beneficiaries from Multi-Sensory Learning .   Part VI - Tips for Creating a Multi-Sensory   Classroom.

4. MULTI-SENSORY TEACHING : MEANING & IMPORTANCE Multisensory teaching techniques and strategies stimulate learning by engaging students on multiple levels. They encourage students to use some or all their senses to:-   Gather information about a task. Link information to ideas they already know and understand. Perceive the logic involved in solving problems. Learn problem solving tasks. Tap into nonverbal reasoning skills. Understand relationships between concepts. Store information and store it for later recall.

5. LEARNING STYLES AND QUICK FACTS ABOUT MULTI-SENSORY LEARNING Learning Styles . Researchers suggest that many students have an area of sensory learning strength, called a learning style. When students are taught using techniques consistent with their learning styles, they learn more easily & faster. Can retain and apply concepts more readily to future learning. Most students, with a difficulty or not, enjoy the variety that multisensory techniques can offer.

6. QUICK FACTS Integrates visual, auditory, tactile (touch) and kinesthetic (movement) learning elements . Different teaching methods activate different parts of the brain . Helps learners discover their learning style and the techniques best for them . Effective for all learners but particularly effective for dyslexic students . Can be used in any subject from reading to math to science and drama . Allows for more individualized lesson planning . Enabled more and more by assistive technology see, hear, touch and move your way to understanding .

7. RATIONALE FOR THE USE OF MULTI-SENSORY TEACHING Students exhibit weaknesses in underlying language skills involving speech sound (phonological) and print (orthographic) processing. Most students with dyslexia have weak phonemic awareness, meaning they are unaware of the role sounds play in words. Because of their trouble establishing associations between sounds and symbols, they have trouble learning to recognise words automatically (“by sight”) or fast enough to allow comprehension. Dyslexic children and teens need specialised instruction to master the alphabetic code and to form those memories. This multi-sensory part remains one of the most reliable method for a dyslexic mind to learn to spell, read and write because it fully engages the each part of the brain . Another positive about this method is that it also works for teaching mathematics as well .

8. DIFFERENT TEACHING & LEARNING TECHNIQUES Visual Teaching :  Students  to learn by seeing . Auditory  Teaching :  Students  to learn by listening . Tactile  Teaching :  Students  to learn by touching . Kinesthetic  Teaching :  Students  to learn while moving . Sequential  Teaching :  Students  to learn material in a  specific   order  or series of steps . Simultaneous  Teaching :  Students  to learn “how the information is interrelated .

9. DIFFERENT TEACHING & LEARNING TECHNIQUES Reflective/Logical  Teaching :  Students   solve  problems and  ponder complex issues . Verbal  Teaching :  Students  learn  info by  talking about it . Interactive  Teaching :  Students   learn  info  in the company of  others . Direct  Experience Teaching :  Students   learn  through experience . Indirect  Experience Tea ching:  Students    learn  from the  experiences  of others . RhythmicTeaching :  Students  see patterns or pair  melodies and  rhythm.

10.   K ids can benefit from multi-sensory lessons, If a student learns something using more than one sense, the information is more likely to stay with him . People with learning disabilities have trouble with language skills involving speech sound (phonological) and print (orthographic) processing and in building pathways that connect speech with print . People with sensory integration challenges sense information normally but have difficulty perceiving and processing that information because it is analyzed in their brains in a different way . Multi-sensory learning can be particularly helpful for kids with learning and attention issues. BENEFICIARIES FROM MULTI-SENSORY LEARNING

11. Writing homework assignments on the board.   Use different colors to signify different parts of the classroom.   Use music in the classroom.   Apply aromatherapy to the classroom.   Start with a picture or object . Make stories come to life.   Use different coloured paper. Encourage discussion.   Use different types of media to present lessons. Create games to review material.   TIPS FOR CREATING A MULTISENSORY CLASS ROOM

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