Emotional Intelligence Enhancement Impacts on Developing Speaking Skill among EFL Learners: an Empirical Study

Abstract

Affective factors play a role in learning in general and language learning in particular. The current study tried to empirically examine the influence of one of these factors namely 'Emotional Intelligence' to check its influence on Speaking Skill. Participants were Intermediate level students who took the IELTS test (International English Language Testing System), so that the researchers could evaluate their proficiency in speaking skill at the beginning of the project. Next, the Emotional Intelligence of them was calculated and afterwards Emotional Intelligence (EI) was taught. After a one-educational-year course of simultaneously teaching EI and Speaking skill, the same IELTS along with the Emotional Quotient (EQ) questionnaire was administered in experimental and control group. To observe the development in each category, the difference in scores of both EQ and IELTS test (pre-test and post-test) were calculated. Ultimately, it was found that both EQ and speaking skill of the learners in treatment group were developed in a significant way whereas only speaking skill of control group progressed but it was not significant. The findings of the study can contribute in the promotion of the knowledge on the effect of EI in language learning.

The Effect of Community Language Learning and Emotional Intelligence on Students’ Speaking Skill

“…Based on in table 2 (test of kruskal wallis), it was found that the students who have a high level of emotional intelligence have better speaking skills than those who have a low level of emotional intelligence. The results of this study in accordance with the research of Ebrahimi, Khoshsima, & Behtash (2008) who explained that the emotional intelligence is the ability to improve thinking and understanding of interpersonal dynamics through the amalgamation of intelligence, empathy, and emotion. In addition, the study results were also relevant to the study conducted by Bora (2012), about the impact of emotional intelligence on the development of speaking skills: from a brainbased perspective.…”

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The Interplay Between Emotional Intelligence, Oral Communication Skills and Second Language Speaking Anxiety: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

“…Thus, the model of triadic reciprocity proposed in this study explains the correlational The previous studies determined the connection between EI and oral communication skills in various fields. For instance, several researchers determined the relationship between two variables in the academic fields of business, English language and science (Afshar, & Rahimi, 2014;Chang & Hu, 2017;Ebrahimi, Khoshsima, Zare-Behtash, & Heydarnejad, 2018;Fall, Kelly, MacDonald, Primm, & Holmes, 2013;Schutte et al, 2002). All of these studies revealed a substantial connection between EI and oral communication skills.…”

The Influence of Emotion Based Language Instruction on Speaking and Writing Skills among EFL learners: An Empirical Study

“…Their findings showed that learners' high motivation resulted in a high level of confidence, and, consequently a positive attitude towards using writing strategies. Besides, emotional intelligence enhancement influences on developing speaking skill in EFL learning settings were examined by Ebrahimi, Khoshsima, Zare Behtash, and Heydarnejad (2018). Based on this research, significant improvement in speaking is achieved by considering the role of emotional intelligence in improving speaking ability.…”