Ñ A Multiple Intelligences Road To An ELT Classroom There follows a list of aetivities designed to develop the eight intelligenees. You might like to try to eategorise them under the eight different headings before you check the answers to see if you were ccrrect. • background music • charts • eompleting worksheets • diagrams • group diseussions • leamer diaries • mindmaps • personal goal setting • reading articles & books • self-study • videos • brain gym • circle dancing • craftwork • giving presentations • groupwork • listening to lectures • pairwork • problem solving • reflective leaming activities • songs • visualisations • brainstorming • classifying & categorising activities • guided díscovery • jazz ehants • logicpuzzles • peer teaehing • projeetwork • role-play • storytelJing • wordgames ••• 4 ••• Unit 1:Learning Styles And Intelligence Types The following Multiple Intelligences Checklist for EFL students is adapted from an artic1e by Mary Ann Christison published in !he MEXTESOL (Mexican braneh of the American Teachers 9JEnglisll To Speaker» OJOther Langllnges) [ournal, When the original artic1e was published, only seven intelligenee types had been identified. More recently, the naturalist intelligenee has been added to the Iist and the eheeklist has been rewritten to take this into account. (; ~ ,¡;; @ i\ .- <\l 't ~ e ~ • ~ «1 ;11 - • o •• III '" e • e e • e ,. ti • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Multiple Intelligences Checklist. Rank each statement 0,1, or 2. Write O if you disagree with the statement and write 2 if you strongly agree. Write 1 if you are somewhere in between. linguistic Intelligence _ 1. r like to read books, magazines and newspapers _ 2. I consider myself a good reader _ 3. r like to tell jokes and stories _ 4. r can remember people's names easily _ 5. r like to recite tongue twisters ~ 6. I have a good vocabulary in my native language Logical-Mathematical Intelligence _ 1. I often do calculations in my head _ 2. I'm good at chess andlor draughts _ 3. r like to put things into categories _ 4. r like to play number games _ 5. r love to play around with computers - 6. r ask lots of questions about how things work Spatial Intelligence _ 1. I can read maps easily _ 2. r enjoy art activities _ 3. r can draw well - 4. Videos and slides really help me to learn new information _ 5. r love books with pictures _ 6. r enjoy putting puzzles together Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence - 1. It's hard for me to sit quietly for a long time - 2. It's easy for me to copy exactly what other people do - 3. I'm good at sewing, woodwork. building or mechanics _ 4. I'm good at sports - 5. I enjoy working with my hands - working with doy or model- making, for example _ 6. r enjoy physical exercise ••• 5 •••