Unlocking Multiple Intelligence with Technology to Teach English

Abstract

There has been classic problem in education called teacher centered approach. This paradigm put teacher’s performance as the core of learning process. The students are seen to be passive participants so  that they can not retrieve benefit of learning process as well. Multiple intelligence helps teachers reach every student in teaching and learning process. Outside of the Multpile Intelligence framework, teacher do not deeply consider the individual condition of the students. They usually teach the students evenly and classicaly. It might cause the ignorance toward individual students’ need and characteristics. In fact, Multiple Intelligence regards that the students have different individual intelligences strength. In the digital era fortunate enough to live in a world where countless programs, service and social media platforms are but a click away, these programs can helps teacher to tackle multiple intelligences like never before. This paper focuses on the use of social media platforms for learners to experience new learning style. This paper aimed to describe how multiple intelligence with social media make the students are more facilitated in their learning process. The use of Multiple Intelligence with social media platforms in the classroom promote teaching and learning process more fun, lively and effective.

Keywords: multiple intelligence, social media platforms, learning style