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Book Review: The Psychologist and the Foreign-Language Teacher

Book Review: The Psychologist and the Foreign-Language Teacher BOOK REVIEWS advanced courses in measurement would find it a useful reference. It is recommended for University and Teachers' College libraries. At 94/6 ($9.45) the private buyer will think twice, even for 650 pages. S. S. DUNN, Professor of Education, Monash University. The Psychologist and the Foreign-Language Teacher. Wilga M. Rivers. Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 1964. Pp viii +212. 30/- ($3.). Teachers of foreign languages in Australian secondary schools will find some very satisfying reading in this book. Dr. Rivers has taught French in the schools of five different countries, including France and Australia. Her wide experience as a high school teacher is a convincing touchstone applied to audio-lingual method for schools. The book is primarily an examination of audio-lingual method in the light of psychological theories of learning. It offers more than that, however. It also provides a well documented statement of relevant trends in linguistics and in psychology from which the foreign-language teacher may proceed to further reading in these fields. If the reader has no taste for more, at least he can feel that he has been brought face to face with the main issues raised by the audio-lingual method. In this book teachers http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Education SAGE

Book Review: The Psychologist and the Foreign-Language Teacher

Bell, L. M.
Australian Journal of Education , Volume 10 (1): 2 – Mar 1, 1966
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SAGE
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© 1966 Australian Council for Educational Research
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0004-9441
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2050-5884
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10.1177/000494416601000112
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BOOK REVIEWS advanced courses in measurement would find it a useful reference. It is recommended for University and Teachers' College libraries. At 94/6 ($9.45) the private buyer will think twice, even for 650 pages. S. S. DUNN, Professor of Education, Monash University. The Psychologist and the Foreign-Language Teacher. Wilga M. Rivers. Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 1964. Pp viii +212. 30/- ($3.). Teachers of foreign languages in Australian secondary schools will find some very satisfying reading in this book. Dr. Rivers has taught French in the schools of five different countries, including France and Australia. Her wide experience as a high school teacher is a convincing touchstone applied to audio-lingual method for schools. The book is primarily an examination of audio-lingual method in the light of psychological theories of learning. It offers more than that, however. It also provides a well documented statement of relevant trends in linguistics and in psychology from which the foreign-language teacher may proceed to further reading in these fields. If the reader has no taste for more, at least he can feel that he has been brought face to face with the main issues raised by the audio-lingual method. In this book teachers

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Published: Mar 1, 1966

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