Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to
my podcast series on discussing intelligence
types and how we should properly measure intelligence
among children among young adults. We are using,
if you're following all the previous ones, the
frames of mind, a work written by Howard Gardner,
a psychologist with Harvard back in 1983. Later
on we shall extend this to Vedic Astrology and
even do some case studies of how you can measure
the actual normal intelligence and well the proportions
of it because all of us have all of this only
in varying degrees. So we shall check that with
some actual case studies that should become interesting
but follow the logic first, follow the basic
premise if you will. okay unless we understand
some basics we'll not know what the advanced
version is so in this one we are discussing linguistic
intelligence this is the intelligence of words
meaning expression and human communication if
you think astrology it's mercury 101 isn't it
why this intelligence will lead us thinkers writers
and change makers Every era is shaped by people
who can articulate ideas, influence through language,
and translate thought into clarity. This is an
age of tweeting. You know, El Presidente tweeting
in the middle of the night. Tweeting, name calling,
commenting on YouTube channels. You name it,
isn't it? Social media is just basically one
loud, loud speaker. So from teachers to lawyers,
writers to psychologists, diplomats to leaders,
linguistic intelligence fuels how you think,
what you think, what you will communicate and
how you will communicate that also. So essentially
this linguistic intelligence according to Howard
Gardner includes ideation, thinking and remembering
through internal dialogue, internal language.
what neuro -linguistic program calls audio digital,
internalized thought process. Functional literacy,
understanding how language works, its rules and
structure, grammar for example. Self -regulation,
analyzing one's own use of language. Something
that Indians need to learn a lot of. They're
good in understanding English grammar, but kind
of poor in how to communicate and articulate.
We could do a whole thing in your company if
Indians are looking at this. I gladly would jump
in. There's so much you need to learn about communicating.
Adaptation, applying language to new contexts
effortlessly. Oral expression, articulating thoughts
verbally and clarity. So needed, isn't it? How
you express, what do you express? See Dr. Jayashankar,
for example, Indian external affairs minister,
how well he articulates his thought. written
expression expressing ideas with structure and
precision students with strong linguistic intelligence
since we are talking about schools and intelligence
tests here appreciate grammar nuance and meaning
they can spell easily and instinctively they
love wordplay puns jokes riddles they use descriptive
vivid language these kids Naturally with this,
isn't it? Some kids in the class may have this.
Teachers will know this. Parents will know this.
Tell stories with a natural flow. Learn through
discussion, dialogue and reading. They demonstrate
understanding through essays, speeches or debates.
They are not just good readers and writers. They
are cognitive organizers. How to identify linguistic
intelligence in children? Children who carry
this intelligence speak early. In the development
process, develop a wide vocabulary very quickly.
They ask detailed questions. They enjoy storytelling,
jokes, rhymes and word games. They memorize poems,
dialogues with ease. They describe emotions quite
vividly. Their observations are quite detailed.
They prefer reading, listening or speaking to
hands -on tasks. They learn new concepts through
explanation. They like verbiage, essentially.
rather than demonstration because they're not
dominantly visual, right? Imaginative stories
or dialogues, they are talkative. But we label
them in school as talkative. They are language
-wired, processing, gorgeous beings, okay? It
all depends upon what your eyesight and what
your perception internally, isn't it? How do
you choose to look at it? Teachers are to blame,
in my opinion and experience. for judging all
kinds of young adults in the classroom, all kinds
of children in the classroom. The early labels
that you have been slapped on by some adult who
didn't know better, pretty stupid, they just
might have a degree but nothing else. We need
to teach our children properly, we need to hire
proper teachers. As they mature, In young adults,
they have stronger persuasive communication,
natural ability to teach, mentor or explain concepts,
very important. Ease with essays, presentations,
speeches and debates. They have sensitivity to
tone, messaging and meaning. Capability to write
clearly, succinctly and creatively. Strong memory
for verbal information. Deep interest in reading,
ideas, culture, literature, communication. So
how can we improve our education systems to incorporate
this? Right from school, college, university,
everywhere. What should we do to test this also?
Curriculum, we are talking about curriculum reform
here. Discussion -driven learning, dialogue,
group reflection, Socratic kind of questioning
through language, okay? Number two, creative
writing modules. Poetry, narrative, short stories,
descriptive passages, scripts. Encourages us
in the classroom. Reading, thinking, workshops.
Reading is not decoding, it's meaning making.
Teach inference, metaphor and symbolism. Vocabulary
through context, not through memorization. I
hope Indian policymakers are listening to this.
They are coming up with new education stuff.
No memorization. Stop making memorization slaves
and calling them whatever. You know, professionals,
real usage, storytelling, conversation, not lists,
structured debates and public speaking, argument
building, persuasion, active listening, something
we don't do. I have spoken about this in the
corporate training playlist. OK, multilingual
exposure, languages strengthen cognitive flexibility
and verbal pattern. Peer review and self -assessment.
This works very strong in children. Let one peer
review the other. not by judgment, not by competition,
by collaboration. Real -world communication tasks,
emails, presentations, podcasts, content creation
and interviews. Essentially, bottom line now.
The bottom line is we need to encourage this
kind of intelligence. Sure, they are not talkative
children or young adults, of course not. They're
good at something and we need to come from that
perspective. The problem that happens here if
you don't build it into the curriculum is you'll
have a teacher in the classroom with very poor
communication skills. I've had a dozen of those
so ask me. And they will put down children in
the classroom who are asking a lot of questions.
Well, you are not qualified, so you feel handicapped
in that. You may be good at something else, Mr.
or Ms. Teacher. But your student is good at something
else. This is the reason why you should build
into the curriculum. You can't rely on one individual
to fulfill all kind of intelligences, isn't it?
You are yourself handicapped by what kind of
intelligence you have. Same way. I shall see
you in the next. Take care. Be safe.