APPLYING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH TEACHING FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Abstract
Students have varities of intellegences.Gardner (1983) in Herndon (2018) identified
seven multiple intelligences: 1) verbal-linguistic, 2) mathematical-logical, 3) musical, 4)
visual-spatial, 5) bodily-kinesthetic, 6) interpersonal, and 7) intrapersonal.They possess
different kinds ways of minds and therefore they learn, remember, perform and
understand in different ways. The aim of this paper is to explain how the teacher applies
the distinct multiple intelligences strategies in teaching English to fulfill the students’
need.Teaching English skills in a classroom has some techniques and activities.Take for
example “SQ3R” (Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review)is a technique for teaching
reading (Brown : 2000). Multiple Intelligences strategy in teaching reading can explore
some multiple intelligencesthat the students have. The teacher can develop visual-spatial
and bodily-kinesthetic intelligences in survey stage by underlining or giving mark the
main idea by using colorful penor marker. Then, the teacher can develop verbal-linguistic
intelligence in Question and Read stage by reading and writing sentences.Group
discussion can be implemented in discussing the material (interpersonal). Intrapersonal
intelligence can also applied in review stage by writing reflection by each individual.It
can be concluded that the teacher is supposed to use or modify some kinds of teaching
methods that appropriate to the students’ multiple intelligences.Teacher can involve
some intelligences in one period of teaching. Students’ different intelligence will get
different teaching method.
Keywords :multiple intelegences, junior high school