During all the time I have spent researching learning one of the key pieces of the jigsaw for me was Howard Gardner’s 7 Intelligences.
Following on from my post last week I want to look at the first of Howard Gardner’s 7 Intelligences- Linguistic. A dictionary definition will describe the word linguistic as “relating to language”. Certainly Howard Gardner chose this word because it encompasses language but he also mentions the love of words, vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar and syntax. Anyone with a strong linguistic intelligence will love the use of words.
People with a high linguistic intelligence therefore tend to learn best by reading, taking notes, listening to lectures, and discussion and debate. They are also frequently skilled at explaining, teaching and oration or persuasive speaking. Those with verbal-linguistic intelligence learn foreign languages very easily as they have high verbal memory and recall, and an ability to understand and manipulate syntax and structure.
This intelligence is likely to be high in writers, lawyers, philosophers, journalists, politicians, poets, and teachers. Having a high level of one particular intelligence is not necessarily a match for job roles…….
Take a look below. The meaning of this Dear John will change depending on where you put the punctuation:
Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is all about you are generous kind and thoughtful people who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior you have ruined me for other men I yearn for you I have no feelings whatsoever when were apart I can be forever happy will you let me be yours
Gloria
So – Love……..
Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind and thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when were apart. I can be forever happy. Will you let me be yours.
Gloria
Or Hate……..
Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous kind and thoughtful people who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men I yearn. For you I have no feelings whatsoever. When were apart I can be forever happy. Will you let me be. Yours
Gloria
Wouldn’t it be great if you knew what your main intelligences were? That way you could play to your strengths and of course you could also have a plan to improve on the areas where perhaps you have less natural ability.
Next week I will take a look at Logical Mathematical- could that be one of your main intelligences?
JUN
About the Author
Phil has over thirty years working in key management roles with particular expertise in Finance, Sales, Service, Teamworking, Culture Change and Performance Management. For more than twenty years he was involved in the very demanding Corporate Banking world. He has hosted and facilitated conferences for large organisations on a Europe wide basis. He is a qualified psychometric assessor for staff recruitment and MBTi qualified. He is an NLP Practitioner. In addition Phil is an accredited deliverer of “Celemi” Business Simulations. He has a real skill in taking complex concepts and models and bringing these to life. He has designed and implemented Learning and Development programmes into major organisations and now works in design and delivery of “Attitudinal Based Learning” and “Accelerated Learning”. Loves: Time with family and friends, Real Beer, Music, Walking - particularly along the coast.