Emotional intelligence as the important component of education

The article deals with the emotional intelligence in the communicative behaviour of the man. There is defined the significance of the emotional intelligence for the foreign students in the process of studying the Russian language. The study hypothesis is that the impact on the emotional sphere of the students allows to raise the motivation to the study of the discipline and to improve the educational results. The emotions’ exchange, involved in the nonverbal communication, supports the best comprehension of the companion.