Abstract
In recent years, research into second language acquisition has begun to focus on investigating the role of between personality and emotions. Trait emotional intelligence (EI) is thought to be an important personality predictor that may explain not only positive and negative emotions in learning, but also learning success and failure. This study investigated the relationship between trait emotional intelligence, perceived self-competence, and negative emotions such as academic stress and burnout in various language learning settings. In particular, it examined these factors in an English as a foreign language context and languages other than English (LOTEs) such as Chinese, German, and French as a second foreign language context. The survey was conducted using a questionnaire, and four hundred thirty-five Japanese university students participated. The results of the questionnaire showed that the four types of trait emotional intelligence (well-being, self-control, sociability, emotionality) were positively correlated with perceived self-competence, and negatively correlated with three types of burnout (cynicism, exhaustion, and sense of inadequacy), academic stress in English and overall LOTEs contexts. However, the correlation patterns were somewhat different among languages (English, Chinese, German, French, etc.). In this presentation, we will discuss in depth the relationships between emotional intelligence and the aforementioned factors across various languages.
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Maya McEown, Waseda University, Japan
Rieko Nishida, Osaka University, Japan
Kristopher McEown, The University of Tokyo, Japan
James Ellinger, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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