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ELT Journal Advance Access published online on November 3, 2009
ELT Journal, doi:10.1093/elt/ccp084
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press; all rights reserved.

The role of EFL teachers’ emotional intelligence in their success

Afsaneh Ghanizadeh and Fatemeh Moafian

Afsaneh Ghanizadeh holds a MA degree in TEFL from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. She is an EFL instructor in Azad University, Mashhad, and has also taught English in private institutes for about ten years. She has co-authored several research articles and has presented papers at several national and international conferences. Her areas of research include language assessment and psycholinguistics
Fatemeh Moafian holds a MA degree in TEFL from Mazandaran University, Iran. She is an EFL instructor in Payam-e-Noor University, Iran. She has co-authored several research articles in scientific research journals. Her research interests are mostly in the areas of psycholinguistic studies and educational psychology

Email: ghanizadehafsaneh{at}yahoo.com

Email: f_moafian{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

This study examines the relationship between EFL teachers’ emotional quotient (EQ) and their pedagogical success in language institutes. In addition, the role played by their years of teaching experience in their EQ and the relationship between their age and EQ were also studied. For this purpose, 89 EFL teachers were chosen from different language institutes in Mashhad, a city in north-eastern Iran. They were asked to complete Bar-On's ‘EQ test’. Simultaneously, a questionnaire entitled ‘Characteristics of successful EFL teachers’ was filled in by the students taught by each teacher with the aim of evaluating the teachers’ performance. Subsequent data analysis revealed that there is a significant relationship between teachers’ success and EQ. Furthermore, significant correlations were found between teachers’ EQ, their teaching experience, and their age. The implications of the study are discussed.

Final revised version received July 2009


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