A multiple intelligences approach: Intuitive English learning - A case study for k-1 students

Abstract

Our paper presents a case study for kindergarten and primary students who learn English as a foreign language, following their progress when they rediscovered their world and renamed it intuitively in the target language. We use interactive multiple intelligences tasks that support the young learners to improve their awareness of the language system of regularities and their basic communication abilities. The research consists in implementing school games that highlight the abstract and concrete concepts that are at hand in the youngsters' environment. We also consider that intuitive techniques can support effective internalization of the concepts and indepth learning. © 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.