Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers: Exploring Psychology in Language Learning and Teaching

Published 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.

Each title in Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers is intended to serve both as a basis for training courses and seminars, and as a reference text.

Key Features:

* 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