Emotional Intelligence and Reading Performance

Psychological traits seem to have an effect on foreign language learning. Consequently this book aims to examine the possible correlation between the emotional intelligence (EI) levels of the ELT undergraduate students and their reading achievements. Besides the work explores whether there are any gender differences in terms of emotional intelligence levels as well as reading comprehension performance. To accomplish this study Schutte''s (1998) Emotional Intelligence Scale was employed as a first data collection instrument to measure the participants’ EI levels. In addition an IELTS reading test was used to identify the students’ reading proficiency. This book therefore could provide useful results for those who seek to explore the correlation between psychological traits and English language learning. In addition it could be helpful for both psychologists and Language teachers.