Psychology for Language Teachers

Psychology for Language Teachers   

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مشاهده فهرست مطالب این کتاب An introduction to educational psychology:

Bahaviourism and cognitive psychology

Introduction

Educational psychology

Approaches to educational psychology

The positivist school

Cognitive psychology

Conclusion

Futher schools of thought in psychology:

Humanism and social interactionism

Introduction

Humanistic approaches

Social interactionism

A social constructivist model

Conclusion

What do teachers bring to the teaching – learning process?

Introduction

Studies in effective teaching

A constructivist view of education

A constructivist view of teaching

The teacher as reflective practitioner

Teacher s beliefs

Conclusion

What can teacher s do to promote learning ?

Introduction

Feuerstein s theory of mediation

Application of mediation theory

Investing mediation in language classrooms

Conclusion

The contribution of the individual student to the learning process

Introduction

Some problems eith the notion of individual differences

An alternative approach

The development and importance of self – concept

Locus of control

Attribution theory

Conclusion

What makes a person want to learn ? Motivation in language learning

Introduction

Early psychological views on motivation

Motivation in foreign and second language learning

A cognitive view of motivation

A social constructivist of motivation

A proposed definition of motivation

A model of motivation

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

Perceived value of the activity

Arousal

Learner s beliefs about themselves

Setting and achieving goals

The involvement of significant others

Summary

Drawing it all together

Conclusion

How does the learner deal with the process of learning?

Introduction

Learning strategies

Skills and strategies

Learning to learn

Metacognitive strategies

Summary

Language learning strategies

Strategy training

Learner training in foreign language teaching

Procedures for strategy training in and second language teaching

Conclusion

The place of tasks in the language classroom

Introduction

Tasks in foreign language teaching

A cognitive processing approach

An educational perspective on tasks

The learning context

Why study learning environments ?

Ecological perspectives

Environmental preferences

Classroom structure

Group processes

Classroom climate

Teacher behaviour as part of the learning environment

Individual perceptions of environments

Conclusion

Putting it all together

References

Subject index

Author index

This important book brings together some of the most recent developments and thinking in the field of educational psychology with issues of concern to many language teachers.
It considers various ways in which a deeper understanding of the discipline of educational psychology can help language teachers . The first part of the book presents an overview of educational psychology and discusses how different approaches to psychology have inlluenced 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 .
Psychology for Language Teachers will be of central interest to every teacher concerned with issues such as approaches to learning . motivation. The teaching of thinking . the cognitive demands of tasks and the learning environment .
The book does not assume any previous knowledge of psychology.