Emotional intelligence though affects on different aspects of human life but plays very significant role in language achievements among ESL learners. The higher level of emotional intelligence considered the driving force to motivate the ESL learners to become more proficient regarding language achievement. Therefore, researchers attempted to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and language proficiency. Both descriptive and experimental designs were adopted for this research. Firstly, 80 teachers were selected randomly in descriptive phase to know the impact of EQ skills on language proficiency. Secondly, 160 students were selected randomly in experimental phase in order to check their emotional literacy and language proficiency. The tools were developed in form of questionnaires and tests. The obtained data was statistically analyzed through applying descriptive statistic technique. The findings indicated the excellent results of the experimental group students at post treatment phase. On the basis of empirical evidence, the study demonstrated highly positive impact of emotional intelligence on language proficiency among ESL learners. The study recommend that teachers should adopt useful strategies and techniques to make students emotionally intelligent and enhance language proficiency skills among ESL learners.
Author(s): Hina Mehboob, Dr. Muhammad Arfan Lodhi, and Muhammad Tahir