Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy Beliefs

There is an idea that some learners are more successful than others in learning a second or foreign language. In educational contexts it is observed that some learners learn a new language easily and some with difficulty. In the past decade or so the focus of pedagogy has shifted from teacher-directed to learner-oriented instruction and in the process of learning the most influential factors affecting learners'' academic achievement can be related to their emotions attitudes and self-beliefs. Hence emotional intelligence may emerge as a strong predictor of who will be most successful because it is how we handle ourselves that determines how well we do when we are in a particular situation. Self-efficacy also is regarded as one of the most influential variable for the prediction of individual behavior. That is if people do not believe that they can produce desired results by their actions they will have little motive to act or to continue to cope with difficulties. Thus it can be stated that high levels of self-efficacy have been related to high levels of achievement in different domains.