LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE

Gardner formulated a list of seven intelligences; among them, the Linguistic Intelligence:

Children who favor a linguistic intelligence tend to:

•           Reason through words and oral and written language
•       Be sensitive to meanings and the function of words and language
•          Read, write, tell stories, play games with words, listening and communicate

Activities designed to teach English throughout linguistic intelligence:

1.          WRITING STORIES

•          "Once upon a time" ( 3er ESO kids)

•           WHY?
•          To improve writing and and reading skills
•          To work in groups
•          To estimulate imagination and creativity

`ONCE UPON A TIME´

•          HOW?

1.           Explanation of the activity
2.           Groups of six students ( 3 pairs/3 stories)
3.           Each pair begins a brainstorming
4.           One person of each pair begins writing and passes de story to the person who is next to him

         2.  CROSSWORDS

•          Eg: Didactic Unit: celebrations-Halloween

•           WHY?
•          Funny way of learning. Children like these kind of games
•           It helps the oral communication in English among children
•          Children learn to cooperate and to work in groups
•           It estimulates the most advanced students and the less advanced ones

•           HOW?

1.           Students in groups of five
2.           Each group has to decide which word corresponds to each definition
3.           Each team has a mediator who must deliver the chosen word to the teacher