INVESTIGATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE INFLUENCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFICIENCY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG TERTIARY LEVEL STUDENTS OF DISTRICT KHAIRPUR

Abstract

This research study aimed to measure the extent to which linguistic Intelligence plays its role in learning English as a foreign language. For this purpose, related literature was reviewed to verify or confirm the thought. Tertiary-level students of district Khairpur were the population for the present research study. A mixed approach was followed to solve the query, using a multi-stage random sampling procedure; thirty-two male and female participants were selected from the defined population using simple random sampling techniques. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data, while thematic analysis techniques were used to analyze qualitative data. The analysis shows that linguistic Intelligence strongly and positively impacts learning English as a foreign language because the participants whose linguistic Intelligence was dominant in the Multiple Intelligence standardized tests scored high in pre and post-English proficiency tests.