Gkonou, C and Mercer, Sarah (2017) Teaching with Heart and Soul. In: Innovative Practices in Language Teacher Education Spanning the Spectrum from Intra- to Inter-personal Professional Development. Educational Linguistics, 30 . Springer, pp. 103-124. ISBN 9783319517889. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51789-6_6
Gkonou, C and Mercer, Sarah (2017) Teaching with Heart and Soul. In: Innovative Practices in Language Teacher Education Spanning the Spectrum from Intra- to Inter-personal Professional Development. Educational Linguistics, 30 . Springer, pp. 103-124. ISBN 9783319517889. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51789-6_6
Gkonou, C and Mercer, Sarah (2017) Teaching with Heart and Soul. In: Innovative Practices in Language Teacher Education Spanning the Spectrum from Intra- to Inter-personal Professional Development. Educational Linguistics, 30 . Springer, pp. 103-124. ISBN 9783319517889. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51789-6_6
Abstract
In this chapter, we argue that emotional (EI) and social intelligence (SI) are core competencies for language teachers. EI and SI refer to an individual’s abilities in understanding and managing their own emotions as well as their interpersonal relationships. Both competencies are especially important for language teachers given the inherently interpersonal and communicative nature of contemporary foreign language learning and teaching. Nevertheless, they are rarely addressed in teacher training programmes and are notably absent from the research landscape with respect to SLA. We report on the results of a survey on the EI and SI of 890 EFL teachers from across the globe. The survey consisted of items which measured both trait and educational-context-specific EI and SI. The results revealed a strong positive correlation between trait EI and SI and educational-context-specific EI and SI. Female teachers were found to score slightly higher on both constructs than male teachers. In addition, a significant positive correlation was found between levels of EI and SI and teaching experience. Multiple regression analyses also showed that gender and teaching experience made the greatest contribution to teachers’ trait EI and SI. We conclude our chapter by reflecting on the practical implications suggesting that EI and SI are skills that should be incorporated into pre-service and in-service teacher training courses.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Education |
Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2017 10:02 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 19:06 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/20574 |
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