Dr. Mousa Ghonchepour (Farhangiyan University) & Mahdiye Pakzad Moghaddam (Educational Department of Kerman), Iran
This study aims to establish the role of intelligence in learning English as a foreign language in Iranian teenage learners. The tests were administered at the end of year to two mixed classes of 60 learners ranging in age from 13 years to 19. The learners’ performance was examined via a comprehensive reference for assessment in psychology, education and business achievement and intelligence (verbal and nonverbal) standardized tests. The correlation between two variables was determined through Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results of investigation showed that unlike first language acquisition, there is a positive correlation between verbal and nonverbal intelligence and learners’ English language development.
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The International Conference on Current Issues of Languages, Dialects and Linguistics (WWW.TLLL.IR), 2-3 February 2017, Ahwaz.
