learning styles

I have only observed in one ESL class over the course of my education here at ISU, but I have attended many language courses myself, and witnessed non-native English speakers' growth. In my Japanese classes, we used a variety of methods to learn different ways of speaking, sentence structural elements, and vocabulary words. We did a lot of play acting in different situations so that we could practice recently learned concepts in a safe environment. This worked really well for me, since it was a chance to practice in a realistic way and practice feeling out the concepts we had learned on paper. However, I know that this was not the most effective way for all of my classmates to learn. A lot of them used flashcards for vocabulary and other concepts, some used writing to explore the language, and others used other methods, I'm sure. I don't think there's any way to standardize language learning so that it's the best. Every learner has a different style, so we need to account for variety and flexibility in the classroom.