标题：The Impact of ESL Teachers' Emotional Intelligence on ESL Students'Academic Engagement, Reading and Writing Proficiency: Mediating role of ESL Students'Motivation
期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：1
页码：3267-3280
DOI：10.9756/INT-JECSE/V14I1.393
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：The purpose of this empirical research was to investigate the impact ofESL teachers' emotional intelligence on ESL students' motivation, academic engagement, reading and writing proficiency: mediating role of ESL students' motivation. ESL students' motivation and reading and writing proficiency have been a burning problem in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Pakistan. Pakistani students face uphill challenges in terms of motivation, reading, and writing proficiency. However, ESL teachers' emotional intelligence, students' motivation, self-efficacy, and academic engagement are the most important determinants for better academic achievement in terms of reading and writing proficiency. Moreover, the association between study variablesis left unexplored inthe Pakistani HEIs context.Therefore, the present study greatly contributes to fill the identified research gaps in the literature. The data were collected from the students by using a survey questionnaire and proficiency test for reading and writing from the department of English fromfour public sector universities in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Moreover, a systematic random sampling technique was employed to select the representative sample size; thereby, the final and useable sample size was n = 600 (n = 311 male and n = 289 female) respondents. The data were analyzed using SPSS v. 26 and SmartPLS 3. In SPSS v. 26, data screening procedure and descriptive statistics were reported,whereas SmartPLS was used to establish measurement and inner model. The findings revealed that ESL teachers' emotional intelligence has a positive and significant impact on students' motivation. Motivation has a positive and significant impact on students' academic engagement. Furthermore, students' academic engagement has a positive and significant impact on students’ reading and writing proficiency. Students' self-efficacy has a positive and significant impact on the student's motivation at the higher education level. Finally, motivation mediates the positive relationship between ESL teachers' emotional intelligence and students' academic engagement at the higher education level. Limitations and discussions are discussed in the paper.
关键词：Teachers' Emotional Intelligence;Students' Motivation;Academic Engagement;Self-efficacy;Reading and Writing Proficiency
