Psychology for Language Teachers A Social Constructivist Approach

This text examines educational psychology and considers various ways in which a deeper understanding of this discipline can help language teachers. It presents an overview of educational psychology discusses how different approaches to psychology have influenced language teaching methodology. 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.

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.