Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms, 9780415802048
Hardcover
This text identifies and explores the various options for integrating a focus on grammar and a focus on communication in classroom contexts and offers concrete examples of teaching activities for each option.

Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms

integrating form-focused instruction in communicative context

  • Hardcover

    184 pages

  • Release Date

    8 November 2010

Summary

Recent SLA research recognizes the necessity of attention to grammar and demonstrates that form-focused instruction is especially effective when it is incorporated into a meaningful communicative context. Designed specifically for second-language teachers, this text identifies and explores the various options for integrating a focus on grammar and a focus on communication in classroom contexts and offers concrete examples of teaching activities for each option. Each chapter includes a desc…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780415802048
ISBN-10:0415802040
Series:ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
Author:Hossein Nassaji, Sandra S. Fotos
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:184
Release Date:8 November 2010
Weight:398g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘This is a concise book of nine chapters nested in three sections. The heart of the book is three chapters dealing with input-based approaches to teaching with a focus on form (FonF), and three chapters with output-orientated FonF. Each of these chapters provides a clear introduction and summary of relevant theoretical positions and up-to-date research findings. The authors write in an accessible non-technical style which should appeal to language teachers.’ - Stephen H. Moore, System Journal

About The Author

Hossein Nassaji

Hossein Nassaji is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Sandra Fotos, retired Professor of English and Applied Linguistics, Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan, is currently an adjunct at the University of Victoria, Canada.

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