This book provides readers a better understanding of the interaction-learning relationship in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. It introduces theories on input, output, and learners’ internal mechanisms, and presents the pedagogical implications of how to adapt focus-on-form instruction in Chinese EFL classrooms. As such, it will be of particular interest to those readers who want to explore the relationship between interaction and language acquisition.
Adopts a cognitive and interactionist approach to SLA
Includes a multi-dimensional study of the interaction process
Offers an in-depth discussion of the interaction-learning relationship in the Chinese EFL context
Sheds new light on how to adapt focus-on-form instruction through communicative interaction
Adopts a cognitive and interactionist approach to SLA Includes a multi-dimensional study of the interaction process Offers an in-depth discussion of the interaction-learning relationship in the Chinese EFL context Sheds new light on how to adapt focus-on-form instruction through communicative interaction Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Shanshan Gu
Chinese EFL Learners Modified Output Negative Feedback Clarification Request EFL Question Development Language Acquisition Interaction Learning Information Gap Information Exchange Tasks Recall Protocol learning and instruction