Exploring Learning Styles and Oral Communication Strategies and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence of EFL Learners
This study explored Learning Styles (LSs) and Oral Communication Strategies (OCSs) among the Iranian learners of English with high and low Emotional Quotient (EQ). Moreover, it looked into the association between emotional intelligence (EI) with four LSs and OCSs in high and low EQ groups. Three que...
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| description | This study explored Learning Styles (LSs) and Oral Communication Strategies (OCSs) among the Iranian learners of English with high and low Emotional Quotient (EQ). Moreover, it looked into the association between emotional intelligence (EI) with four LSs and OCSs in high and low EQ groups. Three questionnaires were employed to gather data from 108 participants from Shahrekord, Isfahan, and Payam Noor universities. Descriptive and correlational statistics were utilized to analyze the data. The results of descriptive statistics showed that the learners with high EQ favored visual and kinesthetic LSs more, whereas the learners with low EQ favored kinesthetic and auditory LSs. The high EQ group preferred accuracy-oriented and negotiating for meaning strategies more, while the low EQ group preferred word-oriented and scanning strategies. Besides, strategies of attempting to think in English and abandoning the message were the least frequent strategies. Correlational analysis also indicated that EI did not significantly correlate with any of the learners' LSs, nor did it correlate with the OCSs in the high EQ group. However, there were positive correlations between the learners' EI and OCSs for dealing with speaking problems in the low EQ group. The findings have implications for foreign language learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b01780a70177440fb356d6abd69c17692022-12-22T01:53:48ZengTeaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)Teaching English Language2538-54882538-547X2020-09-0114212710.22132/tel.2020.115042115042Exploring Learning Styles and Oral Communication Strategies and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence of EFL LearnersAli Roohani0Rezvan Etesami1Azizullah Mirzaei2Department of English, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Shahrekord UniversityShahrekord UniversityShahrekord UniversityThis study explored Learning Styles (LSs) and Oral Communication Strategies (OCSs) among the Iranian learners of English with high and low Emotional Quotient (EQ). Moreover, it looked into the association between emotional intelligence (EI) with four LSs and OCSs in high and low EQ groups. Three questionnaires were employed to gather data from 108 participants from Shahrekord, Isfahan, and Payam Noor universities. Descriptive and correlational statistics were utilized to analyze the data. The results of descriptive statistics showed that the learners with high EQ favored visual and kinesthetic LSs more, whereas the learners with low EQ favored kinesthetic and auditory LSs. The high EQ group preferred accuracy-oriented and negotiating for meaning strategies more, while the low EQ group preferred word-oriented and scanning strategies. Besides, strategies of attempting to think in English and abandoning the message were the least frequent strategies. Correlational analysis also indicated that EI did not significantly correlate with any of the learners' LSs, nor did it correlate with the OCSs in the high EQ group. However, there were positive correlations between the learners' EI and OCSs for dealing with speaking problems in the low EQ group. The findings have implications for foreign language learning.http://www.teljournal.org/article_115042_b488406b676a5afe6ad154b0d3d7a7ae.pdfemotional intelligencelearning stylesoral communication strategies |
| spellingShingle | Ali Roohani Rezvan Etesami Azizullah Mirzaei Exploring Learning Styles and Oral Communication Strategies and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence of EFL Learners Teaching English Language emotional intelligence learning styles oral communication strategies |
| title | Exploring Learning Styles and Oral Communication Strategies and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence of EFL Learners |
| title_full | Exploring Learning Styles and Oral Communication Strategies and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence of EFL Learners |
| title_fullStr | Exploring Learning Styles and Oral Communication Strategies and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence of EFL Learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Learning Styles and Oral Communication Strategies and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence of EFL Learners |
| title_short | Exploring Learning Styles and Oral Communication Strategies and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence of EFL Learners |
| title_sort | exploring learning styles and oral communication strategies and their relationship with emotional intelligence of efl learners |
| topic | emotional intelligence learning styles oral communication strategies |
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