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ERIC Number: EJ1275802
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0215-773X
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The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Receptive English Skills of Tunisian IT Students: A Preliminary Study
Ouaja, Mariem; Widiati, Utami; Basthomi, Yazid; Jahbel, Khalil
TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, v31 n2 p230-258 2020
This study aims at discovering the emotional intelligence and receptive English skills of Tunisian IT students, studying the relationship between the two variables, and determining the best predictors of receptive English skills among the emotional intelligence categories. It involved 31 students of the Higher Institute of Technology and Communications Science of Tunis. Data were collected by administering an English proficiency test (TOEIC) and distributing an emotional intelligence inventory (Bar-On EI Inventory) to the students. The results of statistical analyses revealed that (1) the emotional intelligence and receptive English skills of the students were of average levels; (2) there was a significant positive correlation between the students' emotional intelligence and their receptive English skills; and (3) interpersonal and stress management categories of emotional intelligence were the variables that had the highest correlation with receptive English skills. It was also found that, in learning English language, the Tunisian IT students were driven and motivated by their goals and ambitions. In addition, their optimism, linguistic setting, and Tunisian culture strongly influence their receptive English skill.
Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN). Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia. TEFLIN Publication Division, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Tel: +62-341-570; http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Tunisia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of English for International Communication; Bar On Emotional Quotient Inventory
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