Integrating current reflective methodologies with learner's psychological characteristics

In this study, the effect of dialogue journal writing (DJW), as an influential narrative-type activity was surveyed on the EFL academic achievements of some sixty-seven Iranian university students (male and female) with a low Emotional Intelligence (EI) index was explored. To this aim, Five EI scales including 'Problem solving' (PS), 'Emotional self-awarenes's (ESA), 'Interpersonal relation's (IR), 'Assertivenes's (AS) and 'Reality Testing' (RT). The results for linear regression analyses indicated that among the five EI scales, problem solving (PS) index, though significantly predicting more success in final language tests, could have less predicted success among the target population (0.04