Spiritual Intelligence and English Language Learning at a Specific Grade in Secondary Education

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the relationship between spiritual intelligence and language achievement. To this end, the Persian Spiritual Intelligence Self Report Inventory (SISRI) designed by King (2008) and translated into Persian and validated by Khodadady and Moosavi (2014) was administered to three hundred forty four grade three senior highs school (G3SHS) students in Mashhad, Iran. The students' scores on Grade Three Final English Examination (G3FEE) held nationally by the ministry of education were also employed as indices of their English achievement. The correlation between SISRI and G3FEE did not reveal any significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and English achievement. Three out of seven factors underlying the SISRI, i.e., Transcending, Meta-conscious and Visionary, did, however, correlate significantly with the G3FEE. The results are discussed from empirical and theoretical perspectives and suggestions are made for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]