The relationship between EFL students' emotional intelligence and writing achievement

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-124

  Shao, KaiQi ^a   Yu, WeiHua ^a   Ji, ZhongMin ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EFL learning; emotional intelligence; literature based activities; writing achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879613006     PISSN: 17501229     EISSN: 17501237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17501229.2012.725730     Document Type: Article

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