Exploring Psychology in Language Learning and Teaching

By Sarah Mercer, Stephen Ryan, Marion Williams

Winner of the Ben Warren International House Trust Prize 2015. This book explores key areas of educational and social psychology and considers their relevance to language teaching, using activities and questions for reflection. Issues discussed include learners' and teachers' beliefs about how a subject should be learned and taught, relationships with others, and the role of emotions in learning. This book explores key areas of educational and social psychology and considers their relevance to language teaching, using activities and questions for reflection. Issues discussed include learners' and teachers' beliefs about how a subject should be learned and taught, relationships with others, and the role of emotions in learning. The topics in this book include learners' and teachers' beliefs about how a subject should be learned and taught Learning and working in groups Relationships with others Motivation to start and persist with tasks The role of emotions in learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0194423999
• ISBN13: 9780194423991
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 9.9"