The Effect of Language Proficiency on Focus on Form in Doing Dictogloss Task
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Tianmei Bao
Abstract
Focus on form has received much attention since 1991 when Long first proposed it. However, it has been little researched in China. The present study reveals how both upper-intermediate and lower-intermediate learners focus on form in the process of doing dictogloss. The study was intended to find whether dictogloss is an effective focus on form task for Chinese EFL students and whether proficiency is related to the extent to which these learners pay attention to form. The results were compared and interpreted in relation to those of other major studies concerning this particular area. It was found that dictogloss was an effective task for Chinese EFL students and there did exist differences between proficiency groups, and these differences seemed to be more complicated among Chinese EFL students.
©2013 Walter de Gruyter, Berlin Boston
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- Masthead
- Masthead
- Articles
- A Study of the Middle Construction in English with Special Reference to Learner’s Dictionaries
- Authentic or Artificial Materials: The Effects of Material-Types on L2 Motivation
- Foreign Language Anxiety: Past and Future
- A Contrastive Study of the Passive Voice in Journal Articles in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
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