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Learner Uptake in Communicative ESL Lessons

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ID4502208
AuthorsRod Ellis (0000-0003-0131-1743, University of Auckland), Helen Basturkmen (0000-0003-2986-2854, University of Auckland), Sasha Loewen (0000-0002-2195-313X, University of Auckland), Shawn Loewen
Year2001
Volume51
Issue2
Pages281-318
Publication date2001-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9922.00156
OpenAlexW2128928398
LanguageEN
Citations received99

This article examines incidental and transitory focus on form. Learner uptake was studied in focus-on-form episodes occurring in 12 hours of communicative ESL teaching. Learner uptake was generally high and successful-to a much greater extent than has been reported for immersion classrooms. Uptake was higher and more successful in reactive focus on form and in student-initiated focus on form than in teacher-initiated focus on form. The level of uptake was also influenced by whether meaning or form was negotiated and by the complexity of an episode. This study indicates that focus on form can occur without disturbing the communicative flow of a classroom and that the classroom context can affect the amount of uptake

Communicative language teaching · Context (archaeology) · Focus (optics) · Focus on form · Grammar · Language education · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Pedagogy · Regulatory focus theory · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology

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