Psychology for language teachers : a social constructivist approach

By: Williams, MarionContributor(s): Burden, Robert LMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997Description: ix, 240 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521498805; 9780521498807 Subject(s): Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects | Language teachers -- Psychology | Constructivism (Psychology) | Langue seconde -- AcquisitionDDC classification: 370.15
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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