Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The Journal of Academic Social Science, sa.116, ss.522-532, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the activities and tasks in teaching Turkish as a foreign language coursebooks in the light of the multiple intelligences theory. The theory has attracted considerable attention among language teachers and has been implemented in education since it was proposed by Gardner in 1983. The coursebook still remains the primary material used to teach and learn a language; however, it cannot address the needs of all students. Therefore, the high dependency on coursebooks entails the adaptation of activities and tasks to involve all learners who possess a different blend of intelligences. A qualitative research design was adopted to analyse the content through a descriptive method. Four coursebooks prepared by state institutions in Turkey were examined and the dominant intelligence type was determined for each activity and task. The findings of this study suggest that the coursebooks include activities and tasks dominant in the linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences.