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Pre-service EFL Teachers and Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is important for personal success, it determines how well we understand and express ourselves, how well we understand others, and how we deal with challenges in life. The aim of this study was to examine and compare pre-service EFL teachers’ results on the emotional intelligence test. Participants in this study were first, second, fourth and fifth year students of the integrated undergraduate and graduate teacher education studies at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Teacher Education. Data were collected with a TEIQue-SF test and a background questionnaire designed by the researcher. Results showed there is no statistically significant difference between the scores of the first and second year-students and fourth and fifth year-students on the emotional intelligence test. However, those who knew about the concept of EI achieved higher scores. Older students also reported having better teaching competences, which was anticipated since they have had more teaching practice courses at the university. This leads to the conclusion that teaching students about emotional intelligence will immensely help them in developing into the best teachers they can be. By expanding their knowledge about EI we expand their emotional abilities which include perceiving emotions of others and self, understanding and managing emotions, and using emotions to facilitate cognition and action.

Emotional Intelligence, pre-service EFL teachers, EFL knowledge, teaching competence

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