Developing the Multiple Intelligences through Interest Centers. Ways of maximizing students' performance in the EFL class

      Аннотация: This book aims at sharing the results of a study focused on developing the distinct Multiple Intelligences though Interest Centers. This project was conducted in Tunja, Boyac?, Colombia, with a group of primary level students, during the time devoted for the English classes. A Multiple Intelligences questionnaire, an open-ended observation format, field notes and a student mini-report sheet were used to collect the information in an action research study. Findings revealed that through the implementation of interest centers activities, students maximized any of the intelligences. In the same manner, the implementation phase described how careful planning, considering the students’ needs and/or interests, predominant intelligences, and less developed intelligences allowed the students and the teacher to follow a work routine that was guided by activities and materials adapted to the English textbook and the English curriculum of the school while developing distinct intelligences. The way interest centers were organized for this project showed that these centers not only foster language learning but maximizes students’ Multiple Intelligences.

Ключевые слова: Multiple intelligences, Interest centers, English language teaching and learning