Abstract
This study aimed at investigating the effect of musical intelligence on the achievement of the basic sixth grade female students in vocabulary and reading comprehension through using the Suggestopedia method.
The population of the study consisted of (152) sixth grade female students. MI inventory related to musical intelligence was distributed to all the population of the study. Then (100) students were recategorized according to their musical intelligences to form an experimental group (students who have musical intelligences) and a control group (students who don't have musical intelligences), (50) students for each, who were randomly selected and formed the sample of this study.
The study sought to answer the following questions:
- Are there any significant differences in vocabulary achievement among the suggestopedia students due to the musical intelligences?
- Are there any significant differences in reading comprehension achievement among the suggestopedia students due to the musical intelligences?
To answer the questions of the study, the researcher conducted one-way ANOVA on students’ mid-term final results in English in the sixth grade.
The results confirmed that the experimental and the control groups were equivalent in their vocabulary and reading comprehension before conducting the study.
At the end of the experiment, the two groups sat for the post test, Two-Way ANOVA means and frequencies were used to analyze the data of the study.
The first finding of this study indicated that there were no statistical significant differences in vocabulary achievement between the experimental group and the control group.
The second finding indicated that there were statistically significant differences in reading comprehension achievement between the experimental group and the controlled group, in favor of the experimental group.
In the light of these findings the researcher came up with several implications and recommendations.
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