More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom

While there is significant evidence to indicate that emotional intelligence is a major factor in second language learning, there is also an impressive body of research suggesting that EI can be inculcated through the close reading and analysis of emotion-inducing stories. On the basis of these findi...

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Main Author: John Mark Storey
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Language:English
Published: Pennwell Corporation 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27213/1/More%20stories%20please%21%20A%20review%20of%20research%20into%20the%20use%20of%20literature%20as%20a%20means%20to%20improve%20emotional%20intelligence%20and%20learner%20performance%20in%20the%20ESL%20classroom-Abstract.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27213/
http://www.solidstatetechnology.us/index.php/JSST/article/view/2013
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spelling my.ums.eprints.272132021-06-14T06:49:25Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27213/ More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom John Mark Storey L Education (General) PE English language While there is significant evidence to indicate that emotional intelligence is a major factor in second language learning, there is also an impressive body of research suggesting that EI can be inculcated through the close reading and analysis of emotion-inducing stories. On the basis of these findings, it would seem legitimate to try to maximise the potential for story use in the ESL classroom as a means to raise learners’ EQ and thus improve learner performance. This paper examines research into the role of stories in inculcating emotional Intelligence (principally empathy, motivation and Foreign Language Anxiety) and discusses the implications of these studies for ESL education. Pennwell Corporation 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27213/1/More%20stories%20please%21%20A%20review%20of%20research%20into%20the%20use%20of%20literature%20as%20a%20means%20to%20improve%20emotional%20intelligence%20and%20learner%20performance%20in%20the%20ESL%20classroom-Abstract.pdf John Mark Storey (2020) More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom. Solid State Technology, 63 (6). pp. 753-764. ISSN 0038-111X http://www.solidstatetechnology.us/index.php/JSST/article/view/2013
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More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom
description While there is significant evidence to indicate that emotional intelligence is a major factor in second language learning, there is also an impressive body of research suggesting that EI can be inculcated through the close reading and analysis of emotion-inducing stories. On the basis of these findings, it would seem legitimate to try to maximise the potential for story use in the ESL classroom as a means to raise learners’ EQ and thus improve learner performance. This paper examines research into the role of stories in inculcating emotional Intelligence (principally empathy, motivation and Foreign Language Anxiety) and discusses the implications of these studies for ESL education.
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title More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom
title_short More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom
title_full More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom
title_fullStr More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom
title_full_unstemmed More stories please! a review of research into the use of literature as a means to improve emotional intelligence and learner performance in the ESL classroom
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publisher Pennwell Corporation
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27213/1/More%20stories%20please%21%20A%20review%20of%20research%20into%20the%20use%20of%20literature%20as%20a%20means%20to%20improve%20emotional%20intelligence%20and%20learner%20performance%20in%20the%20ESL%20classroom-Abstract.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27213/
http://www.solidstatetechnology.us/index.php/JSST/article/view/2013
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