This course aims to draw areas of concern from the disciplines of psychology, sociology, and education in order to help students better understand human behaviours in education, especially in the field of English Language Education. This course will explore a wide variety of content concerns including, but not limited to, classroom instruction, language teaching educational innovations, student-teacher relationships, students’ social backgrounds, and cultures and interactions. Major theories related to English language education will be introduced and examined (e.g. motivation theories, cultural and social capital, social learning theory, etc) in this course. Appropriate research methods (e.g. literature review, sample survey, social experiment, observation, etc. will also be covered to help students explore the areas of concern from a social psychological approach.