CORRELATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF EFL LEARNERS OF 11TH GRADE STUDENTS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 03 SELUMA ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

The main purpose of this research was to review intelligence types that students employ in
relation to their foreign language learning. This correlational research aimed to investigate the
correlation of multiple intelligences and students academicperformance, individual differences
reflect multiple intelligences of human beings; and through these intelligences an individual tries
to understand the world, these are personal strengths through which a person comprehend the
world. The population of this research was 205 student’s 11th grade of senior high school of 03
SELUMA. The data was collected by using total sampling learning English class eleventh senior
high school. Based on the data analysis it was found between two variables was 0.348, results
showed that low correlation existed between multiple intelligences and academic performance. As a consequence, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) was
accepted. This indicates that multiple intelligences did not significantly affect academic
performance. It seems that multiple intelligence was not the only factor that affect the
achievement. Intrapersonal the leading intelligence type and the musical intelligence was the
least common intelligence type employed by the students who participated in this research. Key Words: Multiple Intelligences, English Academic Performance