inquiry on learner types and podcast

[Ulver_684]

How old are you? 24
What is your first language? Spanish/English

1. Would you describe yourself as a:
A. Visual learner (you feel you have to see a word before you can memorize it)
B. Aural learner (you’re good at remembering things by ear)
C. Kinaesthetic (things like miming or role-play work best for you)

2. Would you describe yourself as an:
B. Extravert person

3. When you learn a language, do you think about the method or tactics of learning itself?
C. sometimes

4. Are you anxious about producing oral Japanese?
A. Yes, when I’m in a classroom setting

5. How do you think about tests in general?
A. Tests make me work harder

6. How do you use this podcast? (you can choose more than one answer)
A. I listen to it once, then go to the next
B. I listen to it more than once, then go to the next
C. I listen to it once or twice and afterwards make notes or vocab lists
D. I listen to it once or twice and then check the additional learning materials
E. I check the transcriptions / accompanying pdf before I listen to the podcast
F. I check the transcriptions / accompanying pdf while I listen to the podcast
G. After or while listening to the podcast I repeat words or sentences aloud
H. After or while listening to the podcast I write words or sentences down
I. I take formal lessons and I use podcast as additional listening/conversation practice
J. I try to use the things I learned in the podcast by talking to Japanese people
K. I try to use the things I learned in the podcast in another way (writing on the forum etc.)

I do everything mention above!

[plevanto]

How old are you? 36
What is your first language? Finnish

1. Would you describe yourself as a:
B. Aural learner (you’re good at remembering things by ear)


2. Would you describe yourself as an:
B. Extravert person

3. When you learn a language, do you think about the method or tactics of learning itself?
A. Yes


4. Are you anxious about producing oral Japanese?
C. No


5. How do you think about tests in general?

C. Other, namely…
I don´t care about them.

6. How do you use this podcast? (you can choose more than one answer)

B. I listen to it more than once, then go to the next
C. I listen to it once or twice and afterwards make notes or vocab lists
F. I check the transcriptions / accompanying pdf while I listen to the podcast
G. After or while listening to the podcast I repeat words or sentences aloud
I. I take formal lessons and I use podcast as additional listening/conversation practice
J. I try to use the things I learned in the podcast by talking to Japanese people

[Taurus]

How old are you? 33
What is your first language? English

1. Would you describe yourself as a:
D. I’ve no idea

2. Would you describe yourself as an:
B. Extravert person

3. When you learn a language, do you think about the method or tactics of learning itself?
A. Yes

4. Are you anxious about producing oral Japanese?
D. Sometimes, in the occasion that… I need to say something quickly at work.

5. How do you think about tests in general?
C. Other, namely… Preparing for tests can provide a good framework for learning grammar points, vocab etc. A good goal to work towards.

6. How do you use this podcast? (you can choose more than one answer)
D. I listen to it once or twice and then check the additional learning materials
H. After or while listening to the podcast I write words or sentences down (I don't write them down, but I add anything I don't know to my Anki deck)
L. etcetera…, please tell me your best strategies!

I use the podcasts mainly to supplement my other learning. I listen to the conversations while running or working out, so I listen to each podcast more than once. I also go through the transcripts and anything I don't already know gets added to my Anki deck. Recenly I haven't been able to listen to them so much because for some reason my ipod has messed up their order and I can't get podcast-based playlists to work. So instead I've been listening to Japanese audiobooks and movie soundtracks ripped as mp3s.

[daraconn3460]

These are the questions:

as a starter:
How old are you?
What is your first language?

1. Would you describe yourself as a:
A. Visual learner (you feel you have to see a word before you can memorize it)
B. Aural learner (you’re good at remembering things by ear)
C. Kinaesthetic (things like miming or role-play work best for you)
D. I’ve no idea
E. I guess I’m a combination of…(fill in please)

2. Would you describe yourself as an:
A. Introvert person
B. Extravert person

3. When you learn a language, do you think about the method or tactics of learning itself?
A. Yes
B. No
C. sometimes

4. Are you anxious about producing oral Japanese?
A. Yes, when I’m in a classroom setting
B. Yes, because I am not able to express myself the way I want to / like an adult
C. No
D. Sometimes, in the occasion that… (please fill in)

5. How do you think about tests in general?
A. Tests make me work harder
B. Tests make me tense, it has a bad influence on my learning
C. Other, namely…

6. How do you use this podcast? (you can choose more than one answer)
A. I listen to it once, then go to the next
B. I listen to it more than once, then go to the next
C. I listen to it once or twice and afterwards make notes or vocab lists
D. I listen to it once or twice and then check the additional learning materials
E. I check the transcriptions / accompanying pdf before I listen to the podcast
F. I check the transcriptions / accompanying pdf while I listen to the podcast
G. After or while listening to the podcast I repeat words or sentences aloud
H. After or while listening to the podcast I write words or sentences down
I. I take formal lessons and I use podcast as additional listening/conversation practice
J. I try to use the things I learned in the podcast by talking to Japanese people
K. I try to use the things I learned in the podcast in another way (writing on the forum etc.)
L. etcetera…, please tell me your best strategies!


じゃ、よろしくお願いします

Aafke

starter: I'm in my 30s, first language English
1. A. Mainly visual learner (hard for me to learn just by hearing)
2. Neither introvert nor extrovert - happy and chatty in company but also enjoy peace and quiet.
3. A. Yes
4. B. Yes, I'm frustrated at not being able to speak Japanese.
5. A. Tests make me work harder. I specifically use exams (JLPT) to motivate myself to study.
6. How I use the podcast:
Day 1: Listen to the podcast in full without any visual reference.
Day 2: Read the conversation (kanji version) in the Lesson Notes; then listen to the podcast in full while following it in the Lesson Notes.

Dara.

[DanielFC]

I`m 19
Spanish

1.(a) Visual learner, the most.
2.(a) Introvert
3. Yes.
4.(b)
5.(a)
6.I listen them more than once so that i can understand all the explanation and examples.
Write the conversation and repeat several times trying to imitate the expression, practice by myself , everyday repeat conversations i study days before or the month before but keep on adding new lessons. I think this is good for me, 'cause that way i can refresh what learnt so many time before, which is difficult if you don't live in Japan or have someone to be spoken by. Then as times goes by かなり易しくなっていくのですね。