DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS THROUGH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

More and more scientists are devoting their research to the problem of emotional intelligence and its importance in people’s lives. The article is devoted to the problem of developing emotional intelligence of higher education students through foreign language.An analysis of the scientific approaches of domestic and foreign scientists to the interpretation of the concept of ‘emotional intelligence’ was carried out. Emotional intelligence is considered as a person’s ability to recognize their own and other people’s emotions, intentions, and desires, the ability to manage their own and other people’s emotions in order to solve practical problems.It was determined that the main factors that influence the development of emotional intelligence are: biological (temperament and cognitive abilities), individual characteristics (openness to experience, self-efficacy, locus of control, personality type), external environment (family, nature, national and cultural characteristics).It is argued that memorizing information that is emotionally colored is much better.It is noted that foreign language tools allow higher education students not only to deepen their speech knowledge and skills, but also to experience certain emotions through understanding themselves and others.It is substantiated that the algorithm for developing emotional intelligence of higher education students involves the use of a whole complex of tasks that help relieve psychological and emotional tension, increase self-esteem and self-confidence of students. Tasks that can be used in foreign language classes are proposed: ‘Wise Thoughts’, which will help students to reveal their own potential, develop the ability to analyze their actions and the actions of other people in order to improve their own emotional state, ‘Phantom’ will teach students to see the connection between emotions and physical condition, show the negative impact of bad emotions, ‘Emotional Recharge’ will help students to understand themselves and the manifestations of their emotions better, ‘Overcoming Negative Emotions’ will help students to understand how to manage their emotions better.