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Form-Focused Instruction and the Advanced Language Learner: On the Importance of the Semantics of Grammar
Contributor(s): Fisiak, Jacek (Editor), Turula, Anna (Author)
ISBN: 3631607490     ISBN-13: 9783631607497
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
OUR PRICE:   $135.09  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology
- Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
Dewey: 425
LCCN: 2012372499
Series: Crossroads and Interfaces: Studies in Linguistics and Literature.
Physical Information: 512 pages
 
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Form-Focused Instruction and the Advanced Language Learner looks at the role of FFI at higher levels of foreign language learning. It argues that - contrary to a common belief - there are aspects of grammar to be taught to the proficient FL user. While such a learner may be familiar with formal properties of different structures, (s)he still needs to focus on the semantics of target language grammar. Considering this, the book investigates the efficiency of a FFI treatment called Organic Approach Deductivised or 3-D language pedagogy, devised to teach the semantics of the English tense-and-aspect system to the advanced EFL learner. In doing so, the book takes the reader through different aspects of focus on form, looking at the semantics of the English time talk from the cognitive perspective.