The Study of the Relationship between Multiple Intelligences and Learning Strategies among Iranian EFL learners

Abstract

This study was an attempt to investigate the relationships between multiple intelligences and learning strategies. To this end, 70 participants were selected after the language proficiency test designed and developed by Richards and Lasely (2007) named” Interchange Language placement” test. The selected participants took two tests, namely, 70-item Likert scale MI Inventory for adults, prepared by Armstrong (1994) as well as learning strategies questionnaire developed by Oxford (1990). In effect, both questionnaires were adopted and their results were correlated using SPSS 15. The results of the study indicated a moderate relationship between meta-cognitive and cognitive strategies with linguistic, musical and bodily-kinesthetic intelligences. The results of the study may pave the way for some improvements in learning and teaching language to students.