The Relationship between English Ability and Linguistic Intelligence among Math Pre-Service Teachers

T. Tutut Widiastuti. A., Riva Lesta Ariany, Tika Karlina Rachmawati, Ehda Farlina, Rikrik Nurdiansyah

2018

Abstract

The purpose of this study to determine the correlation of English language learning results with linguistic intelligence in order to improve the academic competence of Mathematics preservice teachers. This research is a quantitative descriptive research with sampling through purposive sampling technique. Data were collected by using questionnaire concerning linguistic intelligence and English learning result test. The results showed that there was positive correlation between English ability and linguistic intellegence among Math pre-service teachers. the statistical result shows low correlation coefficient(0.07). The findings were supported by the questionnaire result which revealed that they had limited amount of vocabulary, weak English speaking and writing skill. Overall, it can be concluded that their English-language ability did not meet the requirement of math study program academic standar. There is a need to improve their English language ability.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

A. T., Ariany R., Rachmawati T., Farlina E. and Nurdiansyah R. (2018). The Relationship between English Ability and Linguistic Intelligence among Math Pre-Service Teachers. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 445-447. DOI: 10.5220/0008219800002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={T. Tutut Widiastuti. A. and Riva Lesta Ariany and Tika Karlina Rachmawati and Ehda Farlina and Rikrik Nurdiansyah},
title={The Relationship between English Ability and Linguistic Intelligence among Math Pre-Service Teachers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={445-447},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008219800002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - The Relationship between English Ability and Linguistic Intelligence among Math Pre-Service Teachers
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - A. T.
AU - Ariany R.
AU - Rachmawati T.
AU - Farlina E.
AU - Nurdiansyah R.
PY - 2018
SP - 445
EP - 447
DO - 10.5220/0008219800002284