We definitely each have different ways of learning. The joy of learning a language with my family has been seeing how each of us responds to language differently. Some of us prefer visual input, others audio and some by writing things down. Sometimes having a translation has been beneficial, other times just listening even when we didn’t understand was most enjoyable. My husband realized how much he enjoys writing things on index cards and then taking them with him when he walks to the store! It must be working because his vocabulary is expanding all the time.