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Verbal/ Linguistics (Source: Walter McKenzie www.surfaquarium)
Students with a strong linguistic intelligence:

* Appreciate the subtleties of grammar and meaning
* Spell easily
* Enjoy word games
* Understand jokes, puns, and riddles
* Use descriptive language
* Are good storytellers
* Internalize new information through lecture and discussion
* Demonstrate understanding easily through discussion and essay


Support this intelligence in the classroom by:

* Exploring new vocabulary
* Learning terms and expressions from other languages
* Encouraging opportunities for public speaking
* Incorporating drama into learning
* Keeping daily journals
* Promoting opportunities for creative writing
* Nurturing oral storytelling
* Including opportunities for expository and narrative writing
* Utilizing quality children's and young adult literature in the classroom


Technologies that stimulate this intelligence:

* Textbook
* Pen/pencil
* Worksheet
* Newspaper
* Magazine
* Word processing
* Electronic mail
* Desk top publishing
* Web-based publishing
* Keyboard
* Speech recognition devices
* Text bridges