Psychoterapy at the Joint of Sciences: Integrative Linguistic & Psychological Training in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Abstract

Taking into consideration that speech means language in action and that it is not only a linguistic code but also a psychic and brain process, a special human activity and behavior, the author offers for the purpose of language acquisition and teaching a special Integrative Linguistic & Psychological Training (ILPT). This training involves a system of exercises which help to relieve psychic tension and overcome communicative barriers, to stimulate cognitive processes and master all means of interpersonal communication, and finally to create possibilities for self-expression in a foreign language. On the other hand ILPT teaching produces positive psychoterapeutic influence on students.