EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS CORRELATION WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

This study aims to explore any specific relationship between non-English major students’ emotional intelligence and their foreign language anxiety levels. The population of the study were 300 participants randomly selected among first-year and second-year undergraduate students and in-service students at University of Fire Prevention and Fighting. Two questionnaires were employed to collect the data in order to determine the levels of foreign language classroom anxiety and emotional intelligence. The first questionnaire is foreign language classroom anxiety scale (FLCAS) developed by Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope (1986) and the second one is the adapted version of EQ-i by Bar-on (1997). The findings show that there is a negative correlation between the students’ emotional intelligence as well as all of its factors and foreign language anxiety.