Relationship between Intrapersonal Intelligence of Iranian EFL University Male and Female Learners and Their Grammar Ability

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Nasrin Garavand ¹ , Akbar Azizifar ² , Habib Gowhary ³ , Shahram Welidi ⁴

1 - Department of English Language, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran
2 - School of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran,
3 - Department of English Language, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran
4 - Department of English Language, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran

Received: 2020-05-30 Accepted : 2020-11-05 Published : 2021-04-01

Keywords: Intrapersonal Intelligence, Iranian EFL male and female students, grammar learning ability,

Abstract :

This study aimed to discover the possible relationship between intrapersonal intelligence and grammatical ability of Iranian EFL male and female learners. To this purpose, 139 undergraduate English students (46 males and 93 females), with the age range of 22-32, were selected through a TOEFL test as the participants. To obtain the needed data, the instruments used were a 119-item Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire (MIDAS) to assess the participants’ intrapersonal intelligence, and a 30-item grammar TOEFL test to the measure their grammar ability. The obtained data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and linear regression. The difference between male and female students in grammar ability and intrapersonal intelligence was determined by independent samples t-test. The results indicated a statistically significance relationship between intrapersonal intelligence and English grammar ability scores. The results also revealed no significant difference between male and female students in terms of intrapersonal intelligence and English grammar ability. The findings of this study may assist language teachers, policy makers and curriculum designers to consider the role of intrapersonal intelligence as a helpful construct in learning English grammar.

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