Barzegar, RezaSadr, Sajjad Aref2013-07-082013-07-082013-03Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 67-862083 5205http://hdl.handle.net/10593/6573This article reports a study investigating the effect of emotional intelligence (EI) awareness-raising on Iranian university students’ overall as well as variable-specific L2 motivation. The 136 participants (107 males, 29 females) were divided into a control group and an experimental group, both of which completed the same motivation questionnaire at the beginning and end of the study, with the latter receiving EI awareness-raising in seven sessions over a seven-week period. The results of paired and independent sample t tests showed that EI awareness-raising did not have any statistically significant positive effect on Iranian university students’ overall L2 motivation, but they had a statistically significant positive effect on the Instrumentality- prevention aspect of L2 motivation. The study highlights the importance of becoming familiar with and applying three motivational strategies which may be considered as universal motivational strategiesenuniversal motivational strategiesemotional intelligenceL2 motivationArtykuł