Pre-service English as a foreign language teachers' perceptions of the relationship between multiple intelligences and foreign language learning

被引:8
作者
Savas, Perihan [1 ]
机构
[1] Middle E Tech Univ, Dept Foreign Language Educ, Fac Educ, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
关键词
Pre-service teachers' perceptions; Multiple intelligences; English as a foreign language learning;
D O I
10.1016/j.lindif.2012.05.003
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
The relationship between intelligence, language, and learning is a challenging field of study. One way to study how this relationship occurs and works is to investigate the perceptions of advanced language learners. Therefore, this paper reports a study that was conducted to explore 160 pre-service English language teachers' perceptions about which type(s) of multiple intelligence(s) play a role in foreign language learning. The findings of the study indicated that virtually all participants (97%) agreed on making use of all intelligence types in the process of foreign language learning and linguistic intelligence alone does not guarantee success in learning a foreign language. The results of the study also illustrate that multiple intelligences and foreign language learning have an ongoing, complex, and interactive relationship. Finally, a foreign language learning discipline MI profile is suggested. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:850 / 855
页数:6
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