The Relationship between Linguistic Intelligence and Academic Achievement in Reading Comprehension among Students of English Department

الملخص

English plays an important role in peoples' lives. Therefore, graduated students proficient in teaching English are required. They have to be capable of understanding and absorbing what they read, enabling them to effectively convey ideas and information to students in schools. Furthermore, linguistic intelligence demonstrates students' ability to understand the meaning of sentences and ideas. Also, it helps them to use language easily and fluently in their daily life. Possessing linguistic intelligence is beneficial for students in their teaching profession. This research aims to determine the relationship between linguistic intelligence and achievement in reading comprehension. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire for linguistic intelligence was prepared, and final student grades in reading comprehension subject for the first semester were relied. The sample consisted of (52) second-year students in English department at Basic Education in University of Misan, Iraq. The results show that the students have an average level of linguistic intelligence. Moreover, the study reveals no statistically significant correlation between linguistic intelligence and academic achievement. Lastly, some recommendations and suggestions for future studies were presented.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54633/2333-025-058-005