Psychology for Language Teachers: A Social Constructivist Approach Williams Marion
Psychology for Language Teachers: A Social Constructivist Approach Williams Marion Psychology for Language Teachers examines the field of educational psychology and considers various ways in which a…
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Psychology for Language Teachers: A Social Constructivist Approach Williams Marion
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. Following this, four themes are identified: the learner, the teacher, the task and the learning context. The first part presents an overview of educational psychology, and discusses how different approaches to psychology have influenced language teaching methodology.
Areas considered include approaches to learning, motivation, the role of the individual, attribution, mediation, the teaching of thinking, the cognitive demands of tasks and the learning environment. Recent psychological developments in each of these domains are discussed and implications are drawn for language teaching. Psychology for Language Teachers does not assume previous knowledge of psychology.
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