The effect of instruction based on multiple intelligences theory on the students achievements in English and their attitudes towards english at 9th grade at foreign language based high school

Multiple intelligences theory has proved that intelligence has multi parts. The aim of the sutdy is the analysis of the effects of the instruction based on multiple intelligences theory on the students? achievements in English classes and the sutudents? attitudes towards the English classes at 9th grade at foreign language based high school It is an experimental study with pre-test and post-test model and in the study group there are 60 students at 9th grade at Cumhuriyet High School in the school year of 2005-2006 in Sahinbey in Gaziantep. The study group is composed of two groups, a control group and an experimental group. In the control group, there are 18 female students and 12 male students and in the experimental group 20 female students and 10 male students. Lessons are presented through traditional foreign languages teaching methods and technniques in the control group and in the experimnental group, they are presented through activities based on multiple intelligences theory. The exam and attitudes? scale were put before and atfer the practice in both groups.The lessons were presented by the researcher. The study lasted 5 weeks including 40 hours. The outputs were analysed through SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). At the end of the study, it has been realised that the instruction based on multiple intelligences theory has increased the students? achievements in English classes and has made positive effects on the students? attitudes towards English.