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The Correlation between EFL Learners’ Multiple Intelligences and Their English Achievement Abilities Regarding Their Learning Styles

Saeid Saadatmanesh
Department of English Teaching, Science and Research Branch
Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran


Abstract

This present study intends to examine the correlation between EFL learners’ multiple intelligences and their English achievement abilities regarding their learning styles. This research was implemented using 200 high school students to investigate the relationship between their multiple intelligences and their English achievement tests in Arak, the capital of Markazi province. Their fields of study include natural sciences and mathematics. Totally in Arak city 62078 students study in different high schools, 30344 are female and 31734 are male.

Shokrai Male Public High School and Tarbiat Female Public High School were chosen randomly. Half of the subjects are female and the other half are male, the subjects are also in second and third grades.

The instruments used were the Multiple Intelligence Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS), a commercially designed instrument which was designed by Shearer in 1996, and Group Embedded Figure Test (GEFT) to understand the field dependent/field independent learning strategies of the students. Finally the study aimed at investigating the correlation between students’ MI and English Achievement Tests, and also investigating the correlation between the students learning styles and English achievement tests. In order for the students to have same features, a registration form was given to them, for each field of study, grade and gender 25 students who had the same features were chosen for each class of this study.

The results showed that there is a relationship between the combination of Multiple Intelligences and students’ final English tests and also there is a relationship between linguistic intelligence and students’ final English tests. But there is not any relationship between students’ FD/I learning styles and their final English tests.

Key words: Achievement tests, Multiple Intelligences, Multiple intelligence developmental assessment scales, Field dependent/independent learning strategies, Group embedded figure test.

Introduction

1.1. Introduction

The purpose of this section is to introduce the problems and highlight the grounds for launching the current project. Hence it begins with a general overview of the background to Multiple Intelligences and Field Dependent/Field Independent learning strategies. Statement of the Problem, significance of the study, research assumptions, research questions, research hypotheses, definition of key terms, limitations and delimitations of the study are other issues which are dealt with in this section.


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Saeid Saadatmanesh
Department of English Teaching
Science and Research Branch
Islamic Azad University
Arak
Iran
saeedsaadat232@yahoo.com

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