Auditory learners benefit from hearing and listening to information.

Auditory learners typically:

  • remember what they hear rather than what they read.
  • prefer listening to a story than reading it.
  • work through complex problems by talking out loud.
  • follow verbal directions well.
  • remember faces but forget names.
  • prefer to work with somebody rather than alone.
  • ask a lot of questions in class.

Outside of learning, auditory learners typically:

  • tell stories really well.
  • like to talk a lot.
  • talk or mumble to themselves whilst working.
  • point at what is being read.
  • don't like drawing or sketching.
  • get bored easily when dealing with something silently, such as watching a silent film.

When it comes to learning vocabulary, auditory learners are recommended to:

  • read words out loud.
  • listen to lyric-free music whilst learning words.
  • find a study buddy to learn new words with.
  • focus on the spelling of words as this may typically be more difficult.
  • learn new words by watching films or listening to songs or the radio.