Teaching is for those who feel and believe in the inner power of changing the world. This is why I stand for Howard Gardner’s study (Gardner & Hatch, 1989) on Multiple Intelligences. Díaz and Heining-Boynton (1995) state that “everyone possess all intelligences, most of us have an intelligence more developed than the others. It is possible to develop any of them to a moderate level” (adapted, P. 5). We can see that the first case, was a clear example of Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence development –skillfully controlling body motions, showing a keen sense of direction and timing – , and the second case was the Logical/Mathematical intelligence development –logical reasoning, categorizing facts, sequential thought 

All in all, I must say that the brain is the most perfect machine a human being has been granted with. Multiple theories have explained how the brain works, and personally, I value the findings of Tserdanelis & Wong (2004) related to language functioning and the brain. I must say I follow a little bit more the theory of Waldemar De Gregori, the person who suggests that the brain is divided into three parts: The central part (Operational Brain), the right part (Intuitive brain) and the left part (logical brain), which give a structural basis of a very deep study of the brain.

But if we as teachers or future professors want to understand what really happens in the brain during the learning process, it is very important to go deeper into the theory of Waldemar De Gregori, and the text related to the function of the multiple intelligences. We cannot focus on a single branch of the tree, but we must go through all of the different approaches of the brain, both physiological and behavioural.

Tserdanelis & Wong have shown step by step how we produce language, and it is a very important step in our profession and in our professionalization process to be able to identify how it works, so we can create a better language learning environment in order to get the best results in terms of teaching English as a foreign language. They even point out those language disorders in the brain, giving us hints to identify and work on those weaknesses from our learners.

The theory from Waldemar De Gregori and the text about multiple intelligences have a little bit more specified division of the human behavior, describing the personality of a learner in the process of acquiring any knowledge, and in our case, the process of learning a foreign language. A very clear difference between Tserdanelis & Wong and Waldemar De Gregori is that language production is focused on different sides of the brain:

Tserdanelis & Wong suggest that all that has to do with language is produced in the left hemisphere of the brain. While De Gregori points out that people who have language facility, and have a very easy way to deal with words in all ways, are the ones who are strong in the right part of the brain (Intuitive).

So my metaphore has to do with this belief: The world is made for winners, for actors of change, regardless the profession or the personal development. I support, as seen in the picture, all my students' interests since the really feel they want to develope their intelligences the way they feel like. From my point of view and beliefs, teaching is about developing my students' brain towards a personal growth for social improvement.