ALIGNMENT BETWEEN ‘LIFE’TEXTBOOK ACTIVITIES AND MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE PROFILES OF VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

  • Thi Hong Viet Phan
  • Quy Khuong Luu
Keywords: Multiple intelligences, MI theory, Life textbook, EFL students, activities

Abstract

This study aims to identify the multiple intelligence (MI) profiles of EFL students
at a Vietnamese university with Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory. It also analyzed MIs
manifested in activities in Life textbook being used in English courses for university students
to determine how well they align with the students’ profiles. The study employed three main
instruments: 1) an MI inventory addressed to 300 Vietnamese university students; 2) The
menus of MI activities by Botelho (2003) for analyzing Life textbook; and 3) interviews with
EFL teachers who are teaching English to those students. The findings revealed a mismatch
between the informants’ MI profiles and the dominant intelligences manifested in the
textbook. The study found that intrapersonal intelligence was those informants’ strongest
intelligence, followed by logical-mathematical, and naturalistic intelligences. However, Life
textbook heavily relies on verbal-linguistic intelligence, followed by logical-mathematical
and intrapersonal intelligences. The study suggested enhancing the language competence of
students by developing their MIs and supplementing activities designed from the MI theory
perspective.

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Published
2023-05-11