Title of article :
Social Changes and Need of Learning English: Modelling of Emotional Intelligence and English language Anxiety in Bilingual's Society
Author/Authors :
Homayouni, Ali Reza Department of Educational Psychology - Imam Reza International University - Mashhad, Iran , Abdollahi, Muhammad Hossein Department of Psychology - Kharazmi University - Tehran, Iran , Farzad, Valiollah Department of Psychology - Kharazmi University - Tehran, Iran , Hashemi, Soheila Department of Psychology - Mazandaran University - Babolsar, Iran , Dortaj, Fariborz Department of Psychology - AllamehTabataba’i University - Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was modeling of emotional intelligence and English
language anxiety with English language learning. The present study was one of studies
using structural equation modeling. The population included all bilingual adolescence
students in third grade of guidance school on Golestan province that speaking
Turkmen language, and 321 students were randomly selected among them. Then
Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAC) (Horwitz et al., 1986) and
Schutte Emotional Intelligence Test (EI) (1998) were implemented on them. Also, the
information about learning English language of students was gathered through scores
of students in English language lesson at end of academic year. Results of
confirmatory factor analysis showed that models of measuring latent variables have a
good fitness. In addition to direct effects, emotional intelligence can affect learning
English language indirectly through English language anxiety. Therefore, increasing
of emotional intelligence can reduce language anxiety, and consequently, increase
language learning
Keywords :
Bilingual , Learning English , English language anxiety , Emotional intelligence , Social change
Journal title :
Sociological of Studies of youth
