The present study investigated the relationship among reflective thinking, emotional intel-ligence, and speaking ability of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. 150 IranianEFL university students majoring in English language were randomly selected as the partic-ipants of the study who completed the reflective thinking questionnaire (RTQ) developedby Kember et al., (2000), filled out the Bar-On (1997) emotional intelligence questionnaireand sat an interview, the results of which were checked against IELTS speaking skill testdescriptor. The results of multiple correlation analyses indicated that there was a significantpositive association among: (a) reflective thinking, emotional intelligence, and speakingability, (b) all fifteen components of emotional intelligence and speaking ability, (c) allfifteen components of emotional intelligence and reflective thinking of participants. Fur-thermore, the results of multiple regression analyses indicated that both reflective thinkingand emotional intelligence significantly predicted speaking ability with the latter being astronger predictor.
