Introduction"Emotionalintelligencequotient",alsocalled"emotionalintelligence,"isabbreviatedforEQ
TheconceptofemotionalintelligenceisbroughtforwardfirstbyYaleuniversitypsychologist,PeterSalovey(1990)
Hstatesthattheemotionalintelligenceistomonitorone’spersonalemotionsortoidentifyfeelingsofothers,andidentifyandusethesesignalstoguideone’sthoughtsandactions
SincethenEQbecameknowntothepublicandgraduallywaspaidattentiontointhefieldofeducation
Inrecentyears,thedomesticandforeignexpertshavedonethefurtherstudyonemotionalintelligence,andtheypointoutthatEQisanindispensableabilitytoone’ssuccess
Zhu(1993)attachedgreatimportancetotheEQinlearning,andstipulatedthatEQdecidedwhetheronecanornotstudywell
Itisveryimportanttocultivatestudents'sentimentinEnglishteaching
Teachersshouldgivefullplaytoitsadvanta