Professional Competence of a Foreign Language Teacher

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence 
involves using your body to solve problems, make 
things, and convey ideas and emotions. Students who are strong in this intelligence are 
good at physical activities, hand-eye coordination, and have a tendency to move around, 
touch things, and gesture. Professionals who use this intelligence include actors, athletes, 
surgeons, mimes, musicians, dancers, and inventors. 
Interpersonal Intelligence 
refers to the ability to work effectively with other people 
and to understand them and recognize their goals, motivations, and intentions. Students 
who exhibit this intelligence thrive on cooperative work, have strong leadership skills, and 
are skilled at organizing, communicating, mediating, and negotiating. (Remember that this 
intelligence relates to a person’s ability to understand other people but should not 
encourage overemphasis on cooperative learning activities and is not always found in 
extroverts. In fact, some extroverts I’ve known are weak in this area as they talk over, 
around, and alongside others on a regular basis). This intelligence is usually seen in such 
people as teachers, therapists, salespeople, counselors, politicians, religious leaders, and 
business executives. 
Intrapersonal Intelligence 
entails the ability to understand one’s own emotions, 
goals, and intentions. Students strong in intrapersonal intelligence have a strong sense of 
self, are confident, and can enjoy working alone. They have good instincts about their 
strengths and abilities. (This intelligence is difficult to observe. The only way to identify it 
may be by watching students and analyzing their work habits and products. Also, it’s 
important to be careful not to automatically label students who enjoy working alone or 
who are introverts as being strong in this intelligence.) This intelligence is highly 

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developed in such people as philosophers, psychiatrists, religious leaders, and brain 
researchers.