• Ghazale Taravat

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• Samad Mirza Suzani

  Author

This study mainly aimed to examine the relationship between Iranian MA TEFL
learners’ emotional intelligence (EI) and learners’ autonomy. It also intended to investigate
whether there was any difference between Iranian male and female students in terms of learners’
autonomy. To fulfill the objectives of this study, 80 Iranian MA TEFL learners who studied
English at Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch were selected based on random sampling
and given two types of questionnaire: A questionnaire of emotional intelligence by Bar-on
(1997) as well as a questionnaire of learners’ autonomy developed by Asadinik and Mirza
Suzani (2015). Based on the results analysis, there found to be a significant positive relationship
between emotional intelligence and learners’ autonomy in TEFL learners. Besides, the t-test was
computed to determine the significance of difference between male and female on learners’
autonomy questionnaire, on the basis of which no significant difference between Iranian male
and female TEFL learners in autonomy level was revealed.

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