Farhad Ghorbandordinejad - Assistant Professor, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran
Farhad Nourizade - MA Student, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

Language remains unconscious until it is dealt with emotionally. Language and emotion are parallel systems in use, and their relationship exists in that one system (emotions) impacts on the performance of the other (language) and both of them share their functionality in the communicative process between people. Emotional intelligence is the tool that evokes consciousness of language being learnt, enabling the learners to understand, clarify, and communicate ideas (Badakhshan,2012). According to Ozlem's (2006) view, language learning depends on both learner and educator in terms of human psychology and interpersonal communication. He claimed that the most important factor in language learning is the ability to recognize, comprehend and manage emotions.Viewed as an array of non-cognitive capabilities, competencies, and skills that influence one‟s ability to succeed in coping with environmental demands and pressures (Bar-On,1997.p.14) emotional intelligence has now turned to a panacea for a vast variety of setbacks plaguing different aspects of people's occupational, academic, and social lives. EI as a novel issue in both teaching and learning language has been exposed to different investigations through recent years. Emotional intelligence as a psychological factor, relating to the performance of both teacher and learners has an inevitable effects on the quality of learning foreign languages (Badakhshan,2012). In second language learning, the effect of EI has not been well studied yet. Therefore in the research agenda, incorporating the effect of EI in order to measure the learners‟ individual differences is of great interest. Many studies have recently been conducted on the effect of EI on academic success in education. In an EFL context, like Iran, where students do not have contact with English language outside the classrooms, few studies have been conducted to discover the concept of EI.