A Mexican Study of Multiple Intelligences for Pre-Service Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

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Rebeca Elena Tapia Carlín
María del Carmen Castillo Salazar
Susana Velázquez Cortés

Abstract

This article describes a study conducted in a Mexican English teacher education program about multiple intelligences. Seventy-four first year students participated in the study. Findings reveal that the highest kinds of intelligences were the bodily kinesthetic, the interpersonal, the intrapersonal, and the musical; the lowest ones were the naturalist, the existential, the verbal linguistic, the logical mathematical, and the visual spatial. The authors suggest that it is important to diagnose and promote these intelligences in trainees in a systematic way in order to equip them with knowledge and experience of multiple intelligences in order to use them in their future teacher practice.

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Tapia Carlín, R. E., Castillo Salazar, M. del C., & Velázquez Cortés, S. (2013). A Mexican Study of Multiple Intelligences for Pre-Service Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. HOW, 20(1), 170–189. Retrieved from https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/29
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Author Biographies

Rebeca Elena Tapia Carlín, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Rebeca Elena Tapia Carlín holds a doctorate in Applied Linguistics from the University of Macquarie, Australia. She is an experienced teacher educator and researcher at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico). Her research interests are teacher education and professional development.

María del Carmen Castillo Salazar, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

María del Carmen Castillo Salazar holds a doctorate in Pedagogical Sciences from the University of Camagüey, Cuba. She is an experienced teacher educator and researcher at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico). Her research interests are teacher education and learning strategies.

Susana Velázquez Cortés, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Susana Velázquez Cortés is a pre-service teacher who is finishing her major in English Language Teaching at the Faculty of Languages of Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico). Her research interests are teacher education and language learning.

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