Linguistic Intelligence and Reading Comprehension Ability

Intelligence has constantly been the matter of debate and interest in the field of psychology. Even in the idea of untaught people, a prosperous person is owed to his/her intelligence. During the past century many psychologists, researchers and theoretician have become involved and attracted by various intelligence theories. The first intelligence test was invented by the French psychologist, Alfred Binet. The investigations on the correlation between intelligence and achievement was the interest of the researchers for studies. In this study the researcher studied the relationship between linguistic intelligence and reading comprehension ability. Teachers, instructors and language learners can benefit from the results of the study.

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Mojgan Bayyeny Baaghy was born on December, 1988, and grew up in Rasht, north part of Iran. She earned her B.A. degree in English literature from Guilan University. She also earned her M.A. Degree in teaching (TEFL) from Guilan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University. She also works as a language teacher for Iranian EFL learners.