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A Study on the First Semester English Department Students at UNP: The Correlation between Linguistic Intelligence and Students’ Cognitive Engagement

Deri Anzalla(1), Syafitri Ramadhani(2),
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v14i1.132558

Abstract


Low student engagement is one of the problems faced in the implementation of education in Indonesia. It is believed that students’ poor level of engagement in the classroom results from their inability to comprehend the imstructions given throughout the learning process, which could be caused by their low linguistic intelligence. Linguistic intelligence is a person's ability to use language effectively. This research aims to examine the correlation between linguistic intelligence and students' cognitive engagement. The population in this study were first semester English education department students at Universitas Negeri Padang. This study used total sampling technique. The number of participants in this study was 160 students who were collected by using questionnaires. This study used descriptive quantitative method using Pearson correlation to examine the relationship between two variables; linguistic intelligence (X) and students' cognitive engagement (Y). This study revealed that linguistic intelligence affects students' cognitive engagement. The Pearson correlation results support the findings by showing a value of .417. The relationship between the two variables is positively correlated, indicating that the higher the linguistic intelligence, the higher the students' cognitive engagement

Keywords


multiple intelligence, linguistic intelligence, students' cognitive engagement

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