Multiple Intelligences: Language Learning and Teaching

Abstract

During the last three decades, multiple intelligence (MI), proposed by Gardner (1983), has drawn considerable attention from the researchers. The present study reviews the effects of Multiple Intelligences (MI) on Learning English as a Foreign Language (LEFL) and the relationship between multiple Intelligences and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). According to Gardner's (2001) classification, nine different types of intelligences are considered important each of which has an impact on the specific skill in language learning. This paper compares and contracts the findings of different MI studies on learning and teaching, concluding that the relationship between MI, LEFL and TEFL is controversial.

Naturalist intelligence and personality: An understanding students’ responsible environmental behavior

“…Gangadevi and Ravi informed that the level of intelligence depends on experience, culture, and motivation experienced by students. The results of this study also in line with Derakhshan and Faribi (2015) that explain that there are students who can develop NI to an optimal level, but there are also students who will have difficulty developing their naturalist intelligence. This condition makes each student have different abilities to manifest the level of their intelligence.…”

“…These results indicate that NI owned by students can support students' awareness to be responsible for environmental conditions. This statement is in line with Derakhshan and Faribi (2015), which explains that students who have good NI can increase their sense of responsibility towards the environment. Students who have NI will also have the ability to interact with their environmental conditions (Gohar & Sadeghi, 2015).…”

“…Moreover, students with high NI will have a better ability to solve environmental problems. Students with good NI can also increase their role in environmental sustainability (Derakhshan & Faribi, 2015). Therefore, learning in schools must be designed to be able to empower student NI optimally.…”

Developing Worksheet Based on Multiple Intelligences to Optimize the Creative Thinking Students

“…(Gardner, 2011) specifies that multiple intelligences of each individual consist of linguistic intelligence, music intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, spatial intelligence, bodily -kinesthetic intelligence, and the personal intelligences. (Derakhshan & Faribi, 2015) mention that multiple intelligence strategy should be applied in classes in order to boost up the students' learning skills. (Yalmanci & Gözüm, 2013) explains that when using multiple intelligences strategies in learning then students will be more successful in academics.…”

On the relationship between multiple intelligences and self-actualization among Iranian EFL learners

“…Khodadady and Khodabakhshzade (2012) conducted a research into the effect of portfolio and self-assessment on language learners' writing ability and autonomy that indicated learners under the influence of portfolio and self-assessment treatment gain higher self-regulation as a result. Naturalist and existential intelligences were the two last terms proposed by Gardner (1995Gardner ( , 1999 that have the possibility of their own application to foreign or second language learning context, for example the more learners are competent in describing their surrounding natural world, the more capability they will end up with in speaking as well as writing skill (Derakhshan & Faribi, 2015). Existential intelligence the same as naturalist frame enables learners to understand in a larger context that could result in a better comprehension of different text types while reading as well as to prepare them for writing skills.…”