[eng] Emotional intelligence is said to predict the communicative performance of
students of a foreign language. For this reason, social and emotional learning
(SEL) is a field of study that is increasingly being applied in schools around the
world. In Spain, emotional skills have not been paid much attention to teaching
English. This is evidenced by the lack of studies on SEL practices in the academic
environment. Nevertheless, the current society demands more attention to social
and emotional skills among young learners, which could be applied to a high
school setting. On the one hand, the theoretical part of this research paper is
aimed at explaining the benefits of addressing emotional intelligence in high
school through a social and emotional learning approach. On the other hand, the
objective of the second part is to present some activities to illustrate how SEL
could be applied in secondary education to enhance the student’s speaking
abilities in the English language while boosting their emotional state.