Williams, Marion.

Psychology for language teachers : a social constructivist approach. / Marion Williams y Robert l. Burden. - Decimocuarta edición. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 240 páginas : ilustraciones ; 23 centimetros. - ( Cambridge language teaching library. ) .

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.

This book considers the field of educational psychology and its applications to language teaching.

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Language and languages - Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects.
Language teachers - Psychology.
Constructivism (Psychology).

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