Here are fantastic resources that you can use to learn about psychology in English:

https://www.ted.com/

“TED Talks are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in 100+ languages.” This site includes videos by Carol Dweck, Alison Gopnik, Elizabeth Loftus, Philip Zimbardo, Martin Seligman etc.

http://www.npr.org/

NPR means National Public Radio. Search for “psychology” in the search bar and you will get access to many podcasts as well as short articles written by journalists on a whole range of topics that could be of major interest for all psychology students.

http://www.pbs.org/

“PBS [is] America’s largest classroom, the nation’s largest stage for the arts and a trusted window to the world.” PBS is a public media based in the US. The website contains a wide range of videos and trustworthy resources.

Major French works adapted to psychologists or students in psychology:

  • Bastounis, Marina et al, Psychology in English, Belin: Paris, 2003.
  • Frangi, Alain et al, L’Anglais de la Psychologie en 1000 Mots, Belin: Paris, 1990.
  • Kerridge, David, English for Psychologists, Dunod: Paris, 1997.
  • Masse, Laurence et al, Anglais pour Psychologues, Dunod: Paris, 2011.
  • Tirelli-Tardieu, Françoise, De L’Anglais pour les Psychologues, PUF: Paris, 1990.

An ESL (English as Second Language) textbook for students in psychology:

  • Short, Jane, English for Psychology in Higher Education, Garnett: London, 2011.

Some referential textbooks from the English-speaking world:

  • Fairholm, Ian, Issues, Debates and Approaches in Psychology, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstroke, 2012.
  • Myers, David, Psychology, Worth Publishers: New York, 2010.
  • Straub, Richard, Study Guide to accompany David Myers Psychology, Worth Publishers: New York 2010.

On the Web: Some reliable websites for K12 and Undergraduate/ Bachelor’s students of psychology

On Facebook, you can also « like » the following pages: Anglais pour Psychologues Paris Descartes, Scientific American, Scientific American Mind, The Science of US, The BPS (British Psychological Society), The APA (American Psychological Association), etc. These pages regularly post news items and various articles about psychology.

See also:

http://allpsych.com/psychology101/index.html

http://education-portal.com/academy/course/psychology-101.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/

etc.!

Tools that can help you write in English

  • A Collocation Dictionary: Collocations are common word combinations that will help you write idiomatic English : http://www.freecollocation.com/
  • http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk  This website provides its readers with examples of phrases and idioms that you could use when writing in English
  • The APA Style Guide : https://apastyle.apa.org/
  • https://www.thesaurus.com/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/ and http://www.wordreference.com/ offer convenient dictionaries of synonyms
  • LARUELLE, Philippe, Mieux écrire en anglais (1998), Paris: PUF, 2010.
  • THOMSON, Jean-Max, How To Write in English, Paris: Armand Colin, 2002.
  • The “Du Mot à la Phrase” and “Du Mot à L’Idee” textbooks
  • Any resource from the University Library (Room 12 – Shelf “Manuels d’Exercices”: e.g., MURPHY, Raymond, English Grammar in Use or Pratique de l’anglais de A à Z)