The Effect of Focus on Form and Focus on Forms Instruction on the Acquisition of Productive Knowledge of L2 Vocabulary by Young Beginning-Level Learners.

By Natsuko Shintani. 2013

102 citations recorded by the source corpus.

The purpose of the study reported in this article is to investigate the effect of two instructional approaches—focus on forms (FonFs) and focus on form (FonF)—on the acquisition of a set of nouns and adjectives by young Japanese children who were complete beginners. The article begins by defining FonFs and FonF and considering the theoretical rationale for each. The author then examines how FonFs (operationalized as present-practice-produce) and FonF (operationalized through task-based teaching) can be realized. It is demonstrated that in the case of beginning-level learners, task-based teaching is best operationalized in terms of comprehension-based rather than production-based tasks. The article concludes with a review of the research that has compared the effects of FonFs and FonF on vocabulary acquisition.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Yuko Goto Butler
2. Younghee Sheen
3. J. Bitchener

In Language and Linguistics

1. Yuko Goto Butler
2. Younghee Sheen
3. Cevdet Yılmaz
4. Sung Won Kim
5. R. Ellis
6. J. Bitchener
7. W. Oga-Baldwin

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Yuko Goto Butler
2. Younghee Sheen
3. Cevdet Yılmaz
4. R. Ellis
5. J. Bitchener

Citations in the corpus

• In Defense of Tasks and TBLT: Nonissues and Real Issues (2016, unknown): “…since, all favorable to a greater or lesser extent—for example, Gonzalez-Lloret & Nielson (2015; Spanish in the United States), Markee (2007; English as a second language [ESL] in the United States), Nielson (2015; distance EFL and ESL), and Shintani (2011, 2013; EFL for children in Japan).”
• English language education among young learners in East Asia: A review of current research (2004–2014) (2015, background): “Similarly, Shintani (2011, 2013) compared the effectiveness of comprehension-based instruction and production-based instruction on English vocabulary learning among Japanese children (6–8-year-olds).”