Exploring the Role of Strategic Intervention in Form-focused Instruction

• Main Author: Trendak, Olga (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Second Language Learning and Teaching,
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Applied linguistics.; Language and education.; Applied Linguistics.; Language Education.

The monograph is devoted to the notion of strategic intervention and its application in the foreign language classroom, in particular with reference to teaching grammar structures. The first four chapters, which are theoretical in nature, address such concepts as form-focused instruction, language l...

Table of Contents:

• Form-focused instruction – providing the theoretical basis
• Language learning strategies – a theoretical backdrop
• A review of language learning strategies
• Strategy training and research methodology
• Exploring the effects of strategy training in the foreign language classroom
• Conclusions and implications.