• Mani Jouzdani

  Author

• Reza Biria

  Author

The present study aimed at finding out whether there existed a relationship between EFL
learners’ dominant intelligence and vocabulary learning strategies they used. The first research
question posed was related to the preferred vocabulary learning strategies used by EFL
learners. It was concluded that EFL learners mostly preferred intrapersonal vocabulary learning
strategies. The second research question focused on the type of dominant intelligence among
EFL learners. The results indicated that EFL learners were mostly intra-personally dominant. In
the third research question, the correlation between interpersonal and intrapersonal
intelligences and vocabulary learning strategies was calculated. The statistics showed that each
one of the vocabulary learning strategies could be categorized as either interpersonal or
intrapersonal based on the degree and significance of the correlation each one had with either
interpersonal or intrapersonal statements in the questionnaire. Finally, a retrospective Think-
Aloud Protocol (TAP) procedure was conducted. The results showed that EFL learners mostly
preferred using intra-personal vocabulary learning strategies than interpersonal ones.
Therefore, it was concluded that if the learners knew what their dominant intelligence was, they
would be able to choose the appropriate vocabulary learning strategy.

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