Psychology for language teachers : a social constructivist approach /

• Main Author: Williams, Marion, 1948-
• Other Authors: Burden, Robert L
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
• Series: Cambridge language teaching library
• Subjects: Psicolingüística; Constructivismo; Lenguaje y lenguas; Aspectos psicológicos

Table of 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.