Everyone perceives and processes information differently. As students progress through their school years, they are able to discover which methods allow them to retain the most information. The key to learning is not just repetition, but the ability to understand a concept. This is how a student can be sure that they have actually learned something. Teachers must be able to accommodate their students by adapting their teaching methods and materials. Different teaching styles obviously suit different learning styles, and no one teaching style can be effective for all learning styles. For this reason, teachers must be flexible in their methods. A major problem in education: teachers find it difficult to step out of their comfort zone and are therefore not willing to try different teaching methods. Teachers should ensure that they are comfortable experimenting with different teaching styles in order to deliver an effective lesson in which all students learn. The three main learning styles are visual learning, auditory learning, and kinesthetic learning. Visual learning involves using sight to perceive information better than any other sense. The teacher's body language, gestures, and expressions are often the focus of visual learners' attention. It is also common for visual learners to focus on the material presented. Visual learners tend to achieve learning success through image association and recognition. Visual learners absorb information by taking detailed notes, creating graphs, maps, looking at photographs, working with documents, and other types of visual aids. These types of learners are usually also deep readers. As long as information can be perceived by sight, visual learners will have simple methods...... middle of paper ...... to make sure my students have a solid understanding of linguistics. The best way to learn a language is to use it in conversation, so an auditory style would work best for these areas. When it comes to social studies, art, and computers, visual learning techniques can be very effective. Maps, pictures and diagrams are all useful in different ways for each respective subject area. Teaching styles should be flexible and adaptable to accommodate students' learning styles. I believe that teachers find it difficult to step out of their comfort zone and therefore are not willing to try different teaching methods, which is a major problem in education. Individuals who decide to pursue a teaching career should be aware that not all students learn in the same way and that one teaching style cannot meet the needs and interests of all students...