چکیده:
This study aimed to discover the possible relationship between intrapersonal intelligence and grammatical ability of Iranian EFL male and female learners. To this purpose, 139 undergraduate English students (46 males and 93 females), with the age range of 22-32, were selected through a TOEFL test as the participants. To obtain the needed data, the instruments used were a 119-item Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire (MIDAS) to assess the participants’ intrapersonal intelligence, and a 30-item grammar TOEFL test to the measure their grammar ability. The obtained data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and linear regression. The difference between male and female students in grammar ability and intrapersonal intelligence was determined by independent samples t-test. The results indicated a statistically significance relationship between intrapersonal intelligence and English grammar ability scores. The results also revealed no significant difference between male and female students in terms of intrapersonal intelligence and English grammar ability. The findings of this study may assist language teachers, policy makers and curriculum designers to consider the role of intrapersonal intelligence as a helpful construct in learning English grammar.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The results also revealed no significant difference between male and female students in terms of intrapersonal intelligence and English grammar ability.
Keywords: Intrapersonal intelligence, Iranian EFL male and female students, grammar learning ability Introduction According to Gardner (2011), intelligence is one of the individual differences involving a completely interdependent and different set of problem-solving skills enabling person to solve basic difficulties.
In order to find out the role of individual differences between Iranian EFL male and female learners, especially in terms of intelligence, the present study aimed at considering the possible relationship between their intrapersonal intelligence and their grammar competence.
Is there any relationship between intrapersonal intelligence of Iranian EFL male and female learners and their grammar learning ability?
Saricaoglu and Arikan (2009) investigated the relationship between multiple intelligences and gender differences of students in learning grammar, listening and writing in English as a foreign language.
To test the first research question of the present study and see if there is a relationship between intrapersonal intelligence and grammar learning ability, and to see the significant of the mode, the ANOVA procedure was run (Table 4).
The results also approximate previous studies such as Saricaoglu and Arikan (2009) who investigated the relationship between multiple intelligences and gender differences of students in learning grammar, listening and writing in English as a foreign language.
Conclusions The present study aimed to inspect the relationship between intrapersonal intelligence of Iranian male and female university students and their grammar learning ability.