The Relationship Between Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Intelligence on Learning Collocations among Iranian EFL learners

Collocation is a universal linguistic phenomenon. Words are always used together. It is no exaggeration to say that none of the natural languages is free of collocation. In fact, words seldom occur in isolation (Wallace, 1982, p.30). The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence of the students on learning collocations among Iranian EFL learners; It also sought to examine if interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence would lead to using more collocations or not. The statistical population of the study constituted 60 English language students at elementary levels. This quantitative study consisted of a collocation test, an English proficiency test and a Multiple Intelligence questionnaire followed the study. The comparison between the students‟ scores showed that there was no significant difference in the final performance of the two groups. Therefore, the findings of the study indicated that there was no significant relationship between intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence on students' learning collocations.