Interpersonal Dynamics in Second Language Education

In this book Madeline Ehrman and Zoltan Dornyei demonstrate how concepts from clinical and social psychology can help linguists and teachers understand the conditions which make second language learning more or less effective. In particular the authors show how unconscious `scripts can cause unproductive conflict demotivation and eventual aversion to language learning. Moreover the text shows how learning can be facilitated by appropriate use of interpersonal dynamics.