THE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND WRITING SKILL ON IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS

This study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and writing skill on Iranian intermediate EFL learners studying in English language institution in Iran. Participants of this study were randomly divided into two groups (control and experimental) on the basis of their emotional intelligence levels. They were 46 students with the same proficiency level which was intermediate specified by the institute itself. Then, the learners of both experimental and control group took a specific writing test which included six topics each of which was narrowed down into several sub-questions related to learners' personal information. The findings of the study indicated that there was significant relationship between EI components and writing skills of the learners. Moreover, three EI components had stronger impact on learners' writing skills, namely self-esteem, realism, and problem solving.