Comprehension and production strategies in language learning -- The role of memory and lexical learning -- Psycholinguistic processes in language use and language learning -- Models of language learning -- A rationale for task-based instruction -- Implementing task-based instruction -- Processing perspectives on testing -- Research into language aptitude -- Issues in aptitude theory : exceptional learners and modularity -- Learning style -- Learners, learning, and pedagogy.
This work discusses the design of language tests, giving practical guidance with a firm theoretical base. It looks at psychological influences on language learning and ways they could be applied in teaching and testing.