Multiple Intelligences
Who do you know who you would call intelligent? Did you think of yourself? I sincerely hope so because you are in so many different ways.
Look at this list: - Visual, linguistic, logical, musical, kinaesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, naturalistic
In a nutshell [very small nut!] this is what they all mean.
A person with a strong visual intelligence will love drawing and doodling, is sensitive to colour and be able to” see” things easily.
Here may I say that we have a new product that will help you learn easier and appeal especially to visual learners. These are our prompt cards and you can see them on the web site.
A person with a strong linguistic intelligence will love reading, love new words and like crosswords and other word games [That’s me!]
Do you like listening to words too? Then try the CDs if you are learning Spanish.
A person with a strong logical intelligence will enjoy numbers, will look for patterns in things and is interested in new developments in science
A person with a strong musical intelligence will play a musical instrument, and or love singing or making music in some other way
A person with a strong kinaesthetic or bodily intelligence will love working with their hands or being physically active in some way.
A person with a strong naturalistic intelligence will love the outdoors and have a great deal to do with animals or plants
A person with a strong interpersonal intelligence will love being and interacting with people. They will have good social skills.
A person with strong intrapersonal skills will be involved with their inner life and will look towards setting goals and achieving them.
This is not an exclusive list as more is being researched all the time.
Which is your strongest intelligence? You will have them all but one or more will predominate.
An interesting way to get a picture of your intelligences is to draw a circle. Give it eight spokes [one for each of the intelligences.] Then score yourself on a scale of one to ten. I promise you that you will have a funny wiggly circle and that is fine. Get your family and friends to do it. Everybody is different.
I personally find it exciting. It gives us cause to celebrate our differences and gives us insights into how we learn.
Each of these intelligences can be strengthened if we so wish. Doing this for one will improve the others.
You could plan to work on one intelligence every five years for example.
Just think how intelligent you would be overall by the time you are eighty!
P.S. Learning a language? Any problems or difficulties contact me and I will help you.
Anne V. Taylor
Director
Languages for All Ltd
Learning languages in a way that is fun and effective
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