Psychology for Language Teachers: A Social Constructivist Approach (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Psychology for Language Teachers examines the field of educational psychology and considers various ways in which a deeper understanding of this discipline can help language teachers. The first part presents an overview of educational psychology, and discusses how different approaches to psychology have influenced language teaching methodology. Following this, four themes are identified: the learner, the teacher, the task and the learning context. Recent psychological developments in each of these domains are discussed and implications are drawn for language teaching. Areas considered inclu...
ISBN(s)
0521498805, 9780521498807
