Social Intelligence: Diversity among Different Language Proficiency Levels

Language acquisition and social intelligence are generating considerable interest in terms of their vital applications in today’s modernized world. Research over the previous decades in the domain of second language learning has mainly focused on neurological and cognitive aspects of a bilingual min...

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Main Authors: Abbasian, Gholam-Reza, Merati, Hamideh
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Published: The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE) 2014
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spelling ftiisteojs:oai:ojs.localhost:article/18318 2023-07-23T04:22:03+02:00 Social Intelligence: Diversity among Different Language Proficiency Levels Abbasian, Gholam-Reza Merati, Hamideh 2014-12-28 application/pdf https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/18318 eng eng The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE) https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/18318/19006 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/18318 Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. The Editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication. Copyrights for articles published are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author. Journal of Education and Practice; Vol 5, No 37 (2014); 179-185 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Peer-reviewed Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2014 ftiisteojs 2023-07-01T18:33:05Z Language acquisition and social intelligence are generating considerable interest in terms of their vital applications in today’s modernized world. Research over the previous decades in the domain of second language learning has mainly focused on neurological and cognitive aspects of a bilingual mind and whether bilinguals outperform monolinguals in various linguistic facets. These studies failed to address possible interconnections between second language learning and intelligence. Likewise, social intelligence has rarely been discussed as a distinct phenomenon from emotional intelligence. With this in mind and the fact that our knowledge of possible interconnections between social intelligence and language proficiency level is largely based on very limited data, the current study attempted to explore the relationship between social intelligence and language proficiency level. Participants included a monolingual group comprising of 30 participants and three English proficiency groups of elementary and advanced, involving 30 subjects in each group. All participants responded to the Tromso Social Intelligence Scale questionnaire. The evidence from this study revealed significant differences concerning participants of the advanced proficiency group with respect to their social skill and social intelligence. Furthermore, a strong, positive correlation was shown only between the advanced and elementary groups regarding their social intelligence. Keywords: language proficiency level, Social intelligence Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromso Tromso International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE): Journals Tromso ENVELOPE(16.546,16.546,68.801,68.801)
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description Language acquisition and social intelligence are generating considerable interest in terms of their vital applications in today’s modernized world. Research over the previous decades in the domain of second language learning has mainly focused on neurological and cognitive aspects of a bilingual mind and whether bilinguals outperform monolinguals in various linguistic facets. These studies failed to address possible interconnections between second language learning and intelligence. Likewise, social intelligence has rarely been discussed as a distinct phenomenon from emotional intelligence. With this in mind and the fact that our knowledge of possible interconnections between social intelligence and language proficiency level is largely based on very limited data, the current study attempted to explore the relationship between social intelligence and language proficiency level. Participants included a monolingual group comprising of 30 participants and three English proficiency groups of elementary and advanced, involving 30 subjects in each group. All participants responded to the Tromso Social Intelligence Scale questionnaire. The evidence from this study revealed significant differences concerning participants of the advanced proficiency group with respect to their social skill and social intelligence. Furthermore, a strong, positive correlation was shown only between the advanced and elementary groups regarding their social intelligence. Keywords: language proficiency level, Social intelligence
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