Focus on form in classroom second language acquisition / [edited by] Catherine Doughty and Jessica Williams

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Cambridge applied linguistics seriesPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Description: xiv, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521623901 (hbk.)
  • 0521625513 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 407.1 FOC 21
Partial contents:
Ch. 1. Issues and terminology / Catherine Doughty and Jessica Williams -- Ch. 2. Focus on form: Theory, research, and practice / Michael H. Long and Peter Robinson -- Ch. 3. Beyond focus on form: Cognitive perspectives on learning and practicing second language grammar / Robert M. DeKeyser -- Ch. 4. Focus on form through conscious reflection / Merrill Swain -- Ch. 5. Getting the learners' attention: A typographical input enhancement study / Joanna White -- Ch. 6. Communicative focus on form / Catherine Doughty and Elizabeth Varela -- Ch. 7. What kind of focus and on which forms? / Jessica Williams and Jacqueline Evans -- Ch. 8. The role of focus-on-form tasks in promoting child L2 acquisition / Birgit Harley -- Ch. 9. The importance of timing in focus on form / Patsy M. Lightbown -- Ch. 10. Pedagogical choices in focus on form / Catherine Doughty and Jessica Williams.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-285) and indexes.

Ch. 1. Issues and terminology / Catherine Doughty and Jessica Williams -- Ch. 2. Focus on form: Theory, research, and practice / Michael H. Long and Peter Robinson -- Ch. 3. Beyond focus on form: Cognitive perspectives on learning and practicing second language grammar / Robert M. DeKeyser -- Ch. 4. Focus on form through conscious reflection / Merrill Swain -- Ch. 5. Getting the learners' attention: A typographical input enhancement study / Joanna White -- Ch. 6. Communicative focus on form / Catherine Doughty and Elizabeth Varela -- Ch. 7. What kind of focus and on which forms? / Jessica Williams and Jacqueline Evans -- Ch. 8. The role of focus-on-form tasks in promoting child L2 acquisition / Birgit Harley -- Ch. 9. The importance of timing in focus on form / Patsy M. Lightbown -- Ch. 10. Pedagogical choices in focus on form / Catherine Doughty and Jessica Williams.

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