Applying the Multiple Intelligence Theory in Teaching and Learning English in Secondary Schools of Sebha, 2nd grad

Abstract

Many research findings have shown that learners of foreign languages encounter many learning difficulties. However, for effective learning, one has to know his own abilities in terms of points of strengths and weaknesses. The process of teaching and learning will be more effective and meaningful when teachers and learners know their potentials, their unique styles, strengths and weaknesses in learning as well. Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences is a psychological and educational theory espousing that ten types of "intelligence" exist in humans. Each intelligence is relating to a different sphere of human life and activity. Nowadays, how learners interpret knowledge differs greatly from what used to be perceived by the teachers. Also how the teachers deliver the knowledge may not match the expectations of the learners. As a result, in this case, teachers' instructional methods and approaches might become inefficient and as a consequence learner faille to learn. The drastic change in learners should be balanced by an equal change in teachers' instruction especially among secondary school students.