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Recently a student-centered teaching model has been found more useful among teachers following current trends in English Language Teaching (ELT). However, each student has different intelligences. One of the solutions is by using textbook containing activities that lead to Multiple Intelligences for the students. This study aims at developing English Textbook by Accommodating Multiple Intelligences Theory. It was conducted to develop the prototype of English textbook for Junior High School students by accommodating Multiple Intelligences Theory and to describe the quality of the prototype of English textbook for Junior High School students by accommodating Multiple Intelligences Theory. This study is a Research and Development (R & D) study. This study proposes some steps in designing an English textbook. It consisted of three phases such as exploring, developing and validating phase. The output of this study was the final product namely “Bahasa Inggris: Multiple Intelligences Version untuk SMP/MTs Kelas VIII”. According to the result of field-testing and experts’ validation, the prototype textbook can be used as supplementary English textbook for eighth grade students because the mean score is 85,52% and it is categorized into excellent.

English Textbook, prototype, Multiple Intelligences, student-centered