Focus on Form in Classroom Second Language Acquisition

This volume examines theoretical foundations, empirical research, and pedagogical implementations of focus on form.

Catherine Doughty (Edited by), Jessica Williams (Edited by)

9780521625517, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 February 1998

318 pages
23 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.44 kg

This volume examines theoretical foundations, empirical research, and pedagogical implementations of focus on form. Traditional language teaching can result in limited fluency, whereas communicative approaches tend to produce fluency with less accuracy. This book presents a potential solution to this dilemma. The paperback edition respects students' "internal linguistic syllabus" by drawing their attention to problematic linguistic features during communicative activities, thus providing an alternative to methodologies that treat accuracy and fluency separately. This volume examines theoretical foundations, empirical research, and a range of possible pedagogical implementations.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]