The Role of Emotional Intelligence in L2 Willingness to Communicate:The Mediating Effects of Academic Emotions
The study explored the relationship among emotional intelligence,academic emotions and L2 willingness to communicate(WTC)through a questionnaire survey to 275 junior high school EFL learners,with a focus on the mediating effects of foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety.The results revealed that(1)emotional intelligence positively predicted foreign language enjoyment and L2 WTC,and negatively predicted foreign language anxiety;and(2)foreign language enjoyment played a partially mediating role in the effect of emotional intelligence on L2 WTC,while foreign language anxiety did not play such a role.The findings can provide important theoretical and practical implications for enhancing L2 WTC.
emotional intelligenceforeign language anxietyforeign language enjoymentwillingness to communicate
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