Applied Linguistics (Yuyan Wenzi Yingyong)


No. 4 , Pages 20 - 27 , 2000

Language Teaching Derived from Multiple Intelligence Theory (Article written in chinese)

WANG Peiguang

Abstract

Multiple Intelligence Theory points out that people have eight kinds of intelligence, i.e. (1) linguistic intelligence, (2) logic-mathematics intelligence, (3) space intelligence, (4) bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, (5) musical intelligence, (6) interpersonal intelligence, (7) intrapersonal intelligence, and (8) naturalistic intelligence. Multiple Intelligence Theorists criticizes I.Q. test and points out that the test can only be used to evaluate the linguistic and logic-mathematics intelligence while neglecting the other six intelligences.

Keywords: language teaching; multiple intelligence; language awareness

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