The Portrayal of Multiple Intelligence Theory in English Teaching Strategy for Indonesian Secondary School

Abstract

The present study aims at finding out students’ intelligence and describing teacher’s strategy in English teaching. The sample of this study is taken from two Islamic secondary schools and one public junior secondary school in Makassar, Indonesia. The total sample of this research is 120 students. Interview and inventory were employed to obtain the data. The result of the study showed  that three students of the secondary schools have different dominant intelligence The students of Islamic junior secondary school (Pesantren IMMIM)  have linguistic intelligence (56%), the students of public junior secondary school (SMP Neg.I) have interpersonal intelligence (25%), and the students of Islamic junior secondary school (SMP Wahdah) have interpersonal intelligence  (20%). The teachers’ present teaching strategies which were used by teachers of Islamic junior secondary school (Pesantren  IMMIM Putra) was explanation, dialogue, simulation, reading and writing, English teacher of public junior secondary school (SMP Negeri I) applied explanation, reading, writing, mind mapping. English teacher of Islamic junior secondary  school (SMP Wahdah) applied explanation, presentation, identification strategy.