Abstract
The qualitative research with a case study approach was employed to explore and describe the linguistic intelligence of undergraduate EFL Learners of one state Islamic university in Palembang, Indonesia. The data were collected through observation of everyday activities in the classroom, survey, and interview. The participants of this study involved undergraduate EFL Learners. The results showed that there was a small number of the learners who used the language effectively to persuade others (rhetoric), who remembered the written and spoken information easily (mnemonic), who were able to deliver information orally and written (explanation), and who reflected language to talk about language itself (metalinguistic). The results of this study are expected to be beneficial for the students, the managers, and lecturers of English education study program in Indonesia to have deeper understanding about the concept of linguistic intelligence as it is one of factors that can influence the success in language learning.
Highlights
Learning a language is still considered as a challenging task for its learners because of their individual differences
This research aimed to investigate the existence of linguistic intelligence of undergraduate EFL learners of one state Islamic university in Palembang, Indonesia
According to the results of observation, we found a small number of the students who possess this ability
Summary
Learning a language is still considered as a challenging task for its learners because of their individual differences. One of the individual differences is intelligence. According to Gardner (2011) and Armstrong (2002), intelligence is an individual difference influencing to what extent a language learner learns second or foreign language. As one of the influencing factors in learning a foreign language, intelligence itself has developed throughout years. It was defined only as a single property of one’s brain and was measured by IQ test which focused on both linguistic and logical intelligence. This traditional notion of intelligence based on IQ test is very limited (Gardner, 2011; Hoerr, 2000). Instead, Gardner (2011) proposed a theory of Multiple Intelligences consisting of nine types of intelligences, including linguistic intelligence
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