Frances Diaz

There is so much that I can take from this particular lesson.  For starters, there is value on the importance of questioning by both instructors and students.  Teachers encourage dialogue and  student openness by purposely creating a "safe space" where the thoughtful responses and questions of students AND their peers are welcome. 

How information is presented also plays a vital role in how information is received.  Good communication skills in both verbal and non-verbal ways could make or break the relationship of learning that an instructor has attempted to build/create.

As a side note:  I was a little disappointed by… >>>

I vividly remember struggling in my high school Latin class.  Speaking Spanish fluently certainly did not help me in this class (as I thought it would).  It took me reading, writing and RECORDING myself (with playback) to obtain the perfect score on my final exam.  

To this day, I remain a written word and kinesthetic learner.  For some reason, I always felt that my inability to retain spoken information as some type of learning disability.  In 2017, I was diagnosed with ADD (now, universally ADHD).  I still find it challenging to learn from audible/spoken content, but I can retain information… >>>