Nurturing Emotional Intelligence in ELT for Academic Success

1. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THEORY AND PRACTICE

2. HOW TO DEVELOP A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO LEARNING: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING Hillside Press

3. academic achievement in ELT ? ? ? Hillside Press

4. academic achievement in ELT ? ? ? ? ? ? Students’ awareness ? ? ? ? ? ? Hillside Press

5. academic achievement in ELT Teacher’s awareness Teacher’s awareness Students’ awareness Teacher’s awareness Teacher’s awareness Hillside Press

6. academic achievement in ELT Teacher’s awareness Teacher’s awareness Students’ awareness Teacher’s awareness Teacher’s awareness ??? Hillside Press

7. academic achievement in ELT Teacher’s awareness Teacher’s awareness Students’ awareness Teacher’s awareness Teacher’s awareness Students’ feelings ? ? ? ? ? ? Hillside Press

8. academic achievement in ELT Teacher’s awareness Teacher’s awareness Students’ awareness Teacher’s awareness Teacher’s awareness Students’ feelings EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Hillside Press

9. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE A more reliable predictor of academic achievement than the IQ Goleman (1995) Our emotions play a far greater role inthought, decision makingandindividual success than it is commonly acknowledged. Hillside Press

10. Emotional Intelligence (EQ)includes Impulse control Persistence Self-awareness Zeal and motivation Empathy Social deftness Hillside Press

11. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE empathy: ? ? ? empathy: ? ? ? EMPATHY empathy: ? ? ? Hillside Press

12. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE empathy:awareness of the feelings of others empathy:as a result of experience & interaction with others EMPATHY empathy:a lifelong skill through learning experience lack of empathy: ? ? ? Hillside Press

13. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE empathy:awareness of the feelings of others empathy:as a result of experience & interaction with others empathy:a lifelong skill through learning experience EMPATHY lack of empathy: negative impact on: interpersonal relationships academic achievement Hillside Press

14. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Goleman (1995) Knowing what one’s feelings are and using that knowledgeto make good decisions use problem solving approach develop students’ critical thinking let studentsmake decisions Hillside Press

15. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE The emotional-literacy movementturns the termaffective educationinside out – instead of using affect to educate, it educates affect itself. Emotional literacy Hillside Press

16. An extract from Emotional Intelligence by D.Goleman As a teacher calls their names the students respond not with a vacant “Here” standard in schools, but instead call out a number that indicates how they feel; one means low spirits, ten high energy. Today spirits are high: “Jessica.” “Ten: I’m jazzed, it’s Friday.” “Patrick.” “Nine; excited, a little nervous.” “Nicole.” “Ten: peaceful, happy…” Hillside Press

17. ELT ELT PAIRWORK CLASSWORK ELT GROUPWORK Hillside Press

18. GROUPWORK for homework (projects) GW • In class • Problem solving • Report back GW Hillside Press

19. Forming the GROUPSBasic principles • the coordinator • members of the group • mixed ability students • multi-cultural background students • set the time • assign specific tasks • problem solving approach Hillside Press

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