Kolb’s experiential learning cycle and Applications in ELT practice

There are 4 experiential phases in ESL classrooms. What is their correct order?

• Participation phase - Exposure phase - Internalization phase - Dissemination phase

• Dissemination phase - Exposure phase - Internalization phase - Participation phase

• Exposure phase - Participation phase - Internalization phase - Dissemination phase

• Internalization phase - Exposure phase - Participation phase - Dissemination phase

According to experiential learning, learning is best understood as __________, not restricted in __________.

• outcomes/ a duration

• a period/ marks

• a process/ outcomes

• students’ progress/ behaviors

What is NOT an example of experiential learning?

• Field trip activities

• Internships

• Case studies

• Listen and repeat

What are 4 stages of Kolb’s learning cycles?

• A. Experience, Observation, Experimentation, Conceptualisation

• B. Concrete Experience, Active Experimentation, Abstract Conceptualisation, Active Experimentation

• C. Diverging, Assimilating

  Converging, Accommodating

• D. Thinking, Feeling, Acting, Reflecting

If a person likes feeling and watching, he is also good at brainstorming, what is his dominant learning style?

• Diverging

• Assimilating

• Converging

• Accommodating

Fill ONE suitable word in the blank:

Learning spaces support a variety of ________, including quiet study, passive or active learning, …

Fill ONE suitable word in the blank:

Person & environment are _________ variables.

Fill ONE suitable word in the blank:

According to Marrow (1969: 35), the life space is the total _________ environment which the person experiences subjectively.

Fill ONE suitable word in the blank:

Knowledge is tacit and can only be made ________ through sharing of feelings, thoughts, and experiences.

Is this statement T/F?

Situations must be physical places to construct the persons’ experience

• TRUE

• FALSE