ELTABB Journal Issue 1 1 | Page 15

Key challenges for us are to move away from teaching according to our own learning styles and to enable learners to gain a better understanding of their own preferences. The first issue for any teacher is to understand each student's motivations and priorities, past learning experiences (both positive and negative) and optimal learning styles. If you can't understand why a student is in your classroom, what they most want (and need) to learn and how they can most effectively go about this, you are neve ȁ