Abstract

The aim of this study was threefold: (1) to see how EFL learners’ Emotional Intelligence (hereafter EI) status is in china and (2) whether there is any relationship between learners’ emotional intelligence and their achievement in listening comprehension, in addition (3) to discuss how we can improve EFL listening ability through developing their emotional intelligence.

There were 57 participants enrolled in the study. They were non-English major freshmen in HangZhou Normal University, China. Each of them was required to finish a listening ability test and TEIQue-ASF (Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Adolescent Short Form), a questionnaire for examining trait EI. According to the reliability requirement of TEIQue-ASF, 31 participants’ datum were acceptable in the study. Results revealed that 1) most of the Chinese college students’ EI was generally satisfactory, 2) EI has relatively positive relationships (r=0.633, p=0.000) between listening achievements. Further, how to improving EFL students listening achievement through EI way was discussed and some advice is given.

Keywords: listening comprehension, emotional intelligence, EFL learning

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

2.1 Emotional Intelligence-2

2.2 Listening Comprehension-2

2.3 EI and Listening Comprehension-3

3. Method-5

3.1 Research Questions-5

3.2 Participants-5

3.3 Materials-5

3.3.1 EI Test-5

3.3.2 Listening Comprehension Test-6

3.4 Procedure-6

3.4.1 EI Test-6

3.4.2. Listening Comprehension Test-6

4. Results-7

4.1 Emotional Intelligence-7

4.2 Correlations-9

5. Discussion-11

5.1 Emotional Intelligence-11

5.2 Correlations-11

6. Conclusion-13

References-14