TY - BOOK AU - Williams, Marion ; AU - Burden, Robert L. ; TI - Psychology for language teachers : a social constructivist approach SN - 0521498805 U1 - 370.15 PY - 1997/// CY - Cambridge ; New York : PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects. KW - Language teachers -- Psychology. KW - Constructivism (Psychology) KW - Langue seconde -- Acquisition N1 - Included Index; 1. An introduction to educational psychology: behaviourism and cognitive psychology -- 2. Further schools of thought in psychology: humanism and social interactionism -- 3. What do teachers bring to the teaching-learning process? -- 4. What can teachers do to promote learning? -- 5. The contribution of the individual student to the learning process -- 6. What makes a person want to learn? Motivation in language learning -- 7. How does the learner deal with the process of learning? -- 8. The place of tasks in the language classroom -- 9. The learning context -- 10. Putting it all together N2 - Psychology in Language Teaching examines the field of educational psychology and considers various ways in which a deeper understanding of this discipline can help language teachers. Previous knowledge of psychology is not required ER -