Email this article DETERMINATION OF THE LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE TYPES IN THE CONTEXT OF LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES
- Authors: Kovaleva A.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Pskov State University, Pskov
- Issue: No 2 (2018)
- Pages: 27-32
- Section: Pedagogical Sciences
- URL: https://vektornaukipedagogika.ru/jour/article/view/167
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18323/2221-5662-2018-2-27-32
- ID: 167
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The paper considers the application of Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory as one of the methods to introduce the subject individuation while teaching foreign language to non-linguistic students. The importance of the study is caused by the search for the new forms and methods of teaching a foreign language to achieve maximum efficiency within the constantly increasing requirements to the level of the foreign language communicative competence of graduates from non-linguistic universities.
The author presents the survey of the multiple intelligence theory and gives the definitions of the concepts of “intelligence”, “intelligence type”, “intelligence type in the context of learning a foreign language”.
The paper describes the preliminary phase of the second stage of the experimental work which has proved the efficiency of application of the conceptual foundations of the multiple intelligence theory to teaching a foreign language. The results of the three-stage experiment were published in 2017; in the current work the author analyzes the preliminary questionnaire survey.
The paper presents the technique of determination of the levels of development of the intelligence types in the context of learning a foreign language. The technique is based on the ideas of the author of multiple intelligence theory about the contextuality of intelligence types, the opportunity for their development, the intelligence constituents (tools, record system, and assistants network). The emphasis is made on the leading role of an exercise in the intelligence formation; an exercise is considered as a tool for the development of the intelligence types.
Based on the results of the survey conducted, it is determined that the levels of development of the intelligence types in the context of learning a foreign language depend both on the frequency of application to the learning process of the exercises involving these intelligence types and on the personal attitude of the students to these exercises. The “Foreign Language” discipline has a high potential for the development of verbal-linguistic, interpersonal and visual-spatial types of intelligence.
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Anastasiya Sergeevna Kovaleva
Pskov State University, Pskov
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Email: lebedeffa@inbox.ru
postgraduate student
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