Which ones do you learn fast, by reading or listening?

Hi, If the speaker is effective then we can understand the whole topic by listening. But if he is not good then for understanding the subject we have to read and try to understand. When we try to understand reading we can grasp the subject easily. I think reading and listening should be combined. Both are important.

I think hearing it is what teaches best. Even when I'm reading something, I'll read it out loud if I really want to learn it. That's because there's a whole process the written-words have to go through before your mind understand them as 'communication'---that's BEFORE it starts to understand 'what is being communicated.' When you hear words formed, your instantaneous mind (which considers each instant totally-separate from every instant before) encounters the words fully-formed, and can skip straight to their meaning. That, and every person 'delivering a sentence/phrase' has an instinctive need for it to make sense to those who hear it. Through the proper inflections and emphases, the meanings there in are made even clearer---delivering the lesson fully-formed rather than making your brain piece it all together.

Whenever I am in a lecture I will listen to the person and I will write notes at the same time. I find it a lot easier to be able to hear somebody talking about the things that I am supposed to be learning about rather than having to read it in a book. At least if you are face to face with somebody then you would be able to make sure that you asked any questions that you had about things, whereas if you were reading it from a book you would not be able to get in touch with anybody even if you needed to. I like to vary the ways that I revise material though, as it has been proven that the higher number of different ways that information is presented to you, the more likely you are to be able to remember it in the long term.

I learn faster and better when Im reading. I can just read through a lesson and Im cool with that :)

I learn better by listening. Sounds just make it easier for my brain to process. Althought reading the information does help reinforce what i have heard.

I learn through Reading. I quickly forget something I heard, but when I read and see it with my own eyes, It gets tattooed on my mind and I will never forget it. Even back in school, Reading is my primary learning channel. So when there are lectures, I jot it down fast because I might forget the things and reminders, the professors have said.

Yanza, when i attend any lecture, i would prefer to read and listen to the lecturer. Anything that i don't understand, i would quickly asked him. After he had explained well, i would write short notes for rememberance. I discovered that i learned fast by reading the contents, then later do the assessment. Only on certain subjects, that i would prefer to include in the listening as well.

I can go either way. I cannot say for sure which of the methods I quickly learn from since there are times that the mediums I use for learning depends on my current mood. For example: if I cannot focus my sight, I want to learn via audio but if I don't want to listen to anything, I use visual (either drawings or texts). If the topic involves numbers, I'd rather read the books but if the topic involves ethics and theories I'd rather listen to learn them. As I've said, I can go either way depending on my capacity on a certain day and depending on the skill that I wish to learn and review. For example: I learned crocheting, programming, drawing and historical theories in books. I learned some financial theories, financial mindset and personality control in audio-books. As long as either one is convenient and okay to use according to my mood, I definitely like using them for learning.

In my opinion, both ways are good for studying: listening to a preacher you will learn something of course, even forgetting a part some days after, the main point of the information given should rest in your mind. But it's a good habit to take notes writing down whatever you consider important. Reading books, you can read between the lines, put notes on the sides, underline or stop and repeat a sentense or a whole passage (the preacher maybe won't repeat). But both ways to learn have got also a handycap: regarding a preacher, if he or she isn't a good preacher (not everyone knows how to explain the information and to get to the attention of someone), you can get distracted soon with your own ideas and miss some of the information. Reading a book, you can put it down at any time when you feel tired, bored or distracted by anyway and maybe you forget to retake it at time to finish your homework. Some persons might not have enough motivation and selfcontrol to finish what they started. Anyway, I like both ways to study.

i learn to listen fast because reading is quite slow and listening makes it ideally quicker with pace

It really depends on what the subject is for me. If it's something I want to learn, then I listen to discussions by professors, take notes read the required text and also read ahead. If it's something that I am not really interested in, but I have to learn it anyway, I will listen and take notes, read the required text and of course read the notes I took. Something about my writing it down seems to make the learning process easier.

Reading is far better than listening in my view because it gives a proper chance for exercise of your eyes and also reading induces power of patience in you.

hello yanzalong.. for me..if I want to learn something..I need to read through it first..after I really understand what it is really about..then I would listen about it from someone else or we would hold a discussion.. this will make me more understand about it.. and also in studies..this method can be applied and it is one of the best way of studying as it will make you remember easily..

Listening. I find if I have to read I will either put it down or skim over it too much. Then just have to re-read over and over again :P I recommend you bring a tape recorder so when you go home you can re-listen and then write down whatever you need (:

It all depends on what I am trying to learn , but I would chose to read a lot more than listening . I think videos can be more effective than listening . Sometime I learn while i am half asleep when i leave things playing lol

I learn best by listening, and by reading out loud. Because something has to make sense before a person will say it, and reading it in my head is like juggling with my brain---having to translate the markings into thoughts and THEN understand the thoughts' truth? Gimme a break!