Multiple intelligences in relation to academic achievement in second language English: A study among Madhyamik Pariksha passed out learners

Pages: 879-888
Md. Nijairul Islam (Department of Education, Gazole Mahavidyalaya, Malda, West Bengal)

The study tried to understand the relation between multiple intelligences and academic achievement in second language (L2) English among Madhyamik Pariksha (M.P.) passed out class XI standard learners. Sample: 605 learners (male: 298, female: 307, 16+ years old) from 13 co-educational higher secondary schools/madrasah in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. Tools used: i. Multiple Intelligences Test (MIT), and ii. Information Schedule. Findings indicated that out of eight intelligences, high achievers and low achievers under study differed significantly in linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences whereas the two groups did not differ with respect to bodily-kinesthetic and naturalist intelligences. Besides, eight intelligences, as measured with MIT, were not found as correlates of academic achievement in L2 English in case of both the respondent groups.