Interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences: Do they really work in foreign-language learning?

Gardner's multiple intelligences has influenced education. Considering interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences, this study aims at determining if they are significant in language learning. A number of EFL university students were selected. Through an interview, the participants were divided into groups regarding interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences. They took reading and grammar sections of TOEFL test for their language knowledge. Mean score comparison revealed there was a relationship between these intelligences and language learning. It was also indicated males’ intrapersonal and females’ interpersonal intelligences helped them outperform their peers in a language test that supported Gardner's treating of personal intelligences as independent.