Incorporating Multiple Intelligences in the English Classroom Consider

Incorporating Multiple Intelligences in the English Classroom

Consider the following classroom scenario…

What are your thoughts?

-Albert Einstein

We have one of the most challenging, but most rewarding careers in the world! Teaching is not a one-size-fits-all approach!

Not all students learn the same way. What are some examples of how students can learn?

Musical • Characteristics: Learn best through songs, patterns, rhythms and musical representations. Teaching Method: Focuses on using melody, rhythm, and harmony to help students recognize things and communicate; Teaching Idea: Play background music (like classical) when the students have free time, have the students construct a poem about something related to the lesson or class, teach your students a song that relates to the topic being discussed in class that day.

Example: Using Songs to Teach Grammar • Pop Culture! • Real Life Application! • Student Interests!

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Bodily-Kinesthetic • Characteristics: Experience learning best through various kinds of movement. Teaching Method: Combines physical actions/body movements with linguistic responses to express ideas, accomplish tasks, create moods, etc. Lesson Ideas: Incorporate physical education ideas into a lesson.

Example: Total Physical Response • Putting movement to vocabulary/idiomatic expressions/phrases/etc • How did we first learn language? • Video Clip!(4: 00 -4: 47)

Spatial • Characteristics: Need explanation with and develop comprehension through the use of pictures, graphs, maps, etc. ; tend to think in pictures and mental images; enjoy illustrations, charts, tables and maps. Teaching Method: Focuses on giving students visual clues to help them to remember language Lesson Ideas: Show a video, ask the students to paint a picture or sketch a scene, have the students prepare charts or graphs, incorporate puzzles

Example: Syntax Surgery! • “Syntax surgery” is a useful strategy for helping students to see differences between the word order in English and the word order in their primary language. • Video Clip- You. Tube • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=g. UMIQ O 1 y. QAs

Workshop Time! • Song Lyrics • Total Physical Response • Syntax Surgery • Do you think these strategies will help your students learn English? • How can you incorporate them in your classroom?

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