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Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence: Meaning, Characteristics and Activities to Develop It
The ability to speak and express ourselves is an element that distinguishes us as human beings. Since childhood, we listen and observe the relationship sounds have with their meaning. Currently, verbal and linguistic skills are constantly evaluated in schools. Yet, little we know about the possibility of its stimulation and so its development. We will be discussing what verbal-linguistic intelligence is and how we can develop it during the course of our lives. Verbal-linguistic intelligence is one of the eight intelligences that make up Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. It is important to remember that Gardner defines intelligence as “the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that…