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Publication Date: 2011-Feb
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Beyond Form-Focused Instruction: Reflections on Past, Present and Future Research
Spada, Nina
Language Teaching, v44 n2 p225-236 Feb 2011
In 1997 I published a paper in Language Teaching entitled "Form-focused instruction and second language acquisition: A review of classroom and laboratory research". The paper reviewed the results of studies investigating the effects of form-focused instruction (FFI) on second language (L2) learning. It was organized around seven questions, including: whether FFI is beneficial to L2 learning; whether particular types of FFI are more beneficial; whether there is an optimal time to provide FFI; and whether different language features benefit more from FFI. In this paper I revisit these questions and reflect on how research on FFI and L2 learning has evolved over the past twelve years.
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Research, Language Research
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