​​THE APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE THEORY TO ENGLISH VOCABULARY TEACHING FOR VOCATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN CHINA​

Abstract

English is one of the important courses in vocational schools of China, and the teaching of English vocabulary is of great importance. However, there are few researches on how to effectively improve English vocabulary teaching in vocational colleges. In recent years, the application of the theory of multiple intelligence to the teaching of various subjects, change the traditional teaching methods, improve students' interest in learning, and rise attention on students' personality differences home and abroad. The purpose of this paper is to study the current situation of integrated English vocabulary learning in vocational colleges, and whether students' interest in learning English vocabulary can be improved under the guidance of Gardner's multiple intelligence theory, and whether students' vocabulary learning performance can be improved. This study takes students majoring in primary math education as the research object, applies multiple intelligence to English vocabulary teaching and carries out vocabulary teaching through three kinds of teaching activities organized by logical and mathematical intelligence, including mind mapping, English songs, listening sounds and identifying sounds. This study uses a combination of quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis to conduct research in three ways: questionnaire, interview and experimental test. Statistical analysis software SPSS20.0 and Microsoft Excel 2003 were used for data analysis. The research results show that the English vocabulary teaching driven by multiple intelligence can improve students' interest in English vocabulary learning and vocabulary achievement and achieve the purpose of effective teaching with ideal effect. The English vocabulary teaching method based on the theory of multiple intelligence is worth popularizing and helps to improve the interest and effect of English vocabulary learning for primary math education majors.