Interpersonal Intelligence and Second Language Learning Strategies

Abstract

This paper aims to find the dominant multiple intelligence and the learning strategies employed by adults with good English commandeven though they started learning English in Junior High School or after 12 years old. The data is gained from the lecturers from different departments working in a university in Jakarta. It was found out that 10 lecturers have good English proficiency as shown by the TOEFL score. In the next step, those ten respondents are asked to find their major intelligence. Next, the Strategy Inventory for Language learning (SILL) version 7.0 is delivered to each participant to find out their learning strategies. The results show that those lecturers have interpersonal intelligences. Regarding the learning strategies,they usually use four out of six learning strategies.