Psychology for language teachers : a social constructivist approach

Abstract

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