Turkish Undergraduate Students’ Emotional Intelligence and Their Performance on English Language Test

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the emotional intelligence and the performance on English language test of Turkish undergraduate students. The purpose of the study was to answer the following research questions: (1) What is the emotional intelligence of the Turkish undergraduate students? (2) What is the performance of the Turkish undergraduate students on English language test? (3) What is the relationship between the emotional intelligence and the performance on English language test of the Turkish undergraduate students? The study was an empirical study, which employed quantitative research methods. The data were collected from 64 participants who were from the Department of English Language Teaching and the Department of Computer and Instructional Technology Teacher Education at Eastern Mediterranean University in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The data collection was carried out by using an emotional intelligence inventory and an English language test. In order to answer the above-mentioned research questions, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were run. The major findings of the study were as follows: (1) the emotional intelligence of the Turkish undergraduate students is high; (2) the performance of the Turkish undergraduate students on English language test is average; (3) there is no statistically significant relationship between the emotional intelligence and the performance on English language test of the Turkish undergraduate students, but there are statistically significant relationships between each of the interpersonal and the adaptability categories of the emotional intelligence and the grammar component of the English language test performance of the Turkish undergraduate students. The study provided a number of implications for practice as well as suggestions for further research. Key words: Emotional Intelligence, English Language Test Performance, Turkish Undergraduate Students. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………