Teaching English to Young Learners as a Foreign Language: Using the Multiple Intelligences Theory
Authors
İskender Sarıgöz
Gazi Üniversitesi, Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi, Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü
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Keywords:
Foreign language teaching, English, multiple intelligences, teacher training, lesson plan
Abstract
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) programs for young learners have different dimensions. Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory developed by H. Gardner (1983, 1993) brings a new perspective to lesson design. Teaching plans prepared considering the differences described in Ml theory may enable teachers to design teaching in a better way which will appeal to every student in the class. This study discusses the contribution of MI to TEFL by giving examples of lesson outlines prepared in this fashion by teacher trainees.
