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Beyond form-focused instruction: Reflections on past, present and future research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2010

Nina Spada
Nina Spada*
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Second Language Education Program, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE University of Toronto, [email protected]
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Abstract

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.

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Language Teaching , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 225 - 236
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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