Abstract
The Multiple Intelligences theory is composed of eight various intelligence, which concludes all aspects of human beings. Every individual has a different degree of these eight intelligences, but these eight intelligences are conducive to the overall development of persons and are in line with the current talent training goals of college English majors. So as to make better use of Multiple Intelligences theory in college English majors’ teaching, this paper did a survey of multiple intelligences to English major students in a university of Jiangxi Province. The results reveal that the level of multiple intelligences of English majors in the university is in a general state, and their weaknesses intelligence and superior intelligence are music intelligence and naturalist intelligence respectively. What’s more, the results provide three aspects of enlightenments for a better use of Multiple Intelligences for further college teaching: based on students’ current multiple intelligences; make use of students’ learning styles and learning strategies; enable students to get overall development. It is hoped that the article could offer some inspiration to current teaching of English majors in universities, and also provide some new ideas for better use of the teaching method guided by the theory of Multiple Intelligences.
Highlights
The theory of Multiple Intelligences was firstly proposed by American scholar Howard Gardner in 1983, which has broken through the traditional view of unitary intelligence
This article intends to investigate the multiple intelligences of English major undergraduates in a university in Jiangxi Province for acquiring the current situation and characteristics of English major students’ multiple intelligences
It could be obvious seen that the average scores of the 78 English major students’ multiple intelligences is 131.12, which indicates that the multiple intelligences of these undergraduates are at the general level
Summary
The theory of Multiple Intelligences was firstly proposed by American scholar Howard Gardner in 1983, which has broken through the traditional view of unitary intelligence. Multiple Intelligences theory is a learner-centered teaching theory, which stresses that teachers should comprehend the current situation and differences of learners’ all aspects of intelligences, and apply corresponding teaching methods to promote and develop every aspect of students’ intelligence. Most of the research objects about multiple intelligences are language learners in elementary and middle schools, so there are few investigations and applications of Multiple Intelligences theory on college students. This article intends to investigate the multiple intelligences of English major undergraduates in a university in Jiangxi Province for acquiring the current situation and characteristics of English major students’ multiple intelligences. This research desires to better use the teaching method guided by Multiple Intelligence theory to improve English major undergraduates’ daily teaching, and makes up for the research on Multiple Intelligence theory about English major undergraduates
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