Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms

Hossein Nassaji is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Sandra Fotos, retired Professor of English and Applied Linguistics, Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan, is currently an adjunct at the University of Victoria, Canada.

• PrefaceIntroduction1: The Changing View of Grammar InstructionPart 1: Input-based Options in Focus on Grammar2: Focus on Grammar Through Processing Instruction3: Focus on Grammar through Textual Enhancement4: Focus on Grammar through DiscoursePart 2: Interaction- and Output-based Options in Focus on Grammar5: Focus on Grammar through Interactional Feedback6: Focus on Grammar through Structured Grammar Focused Tasks7: Focus on Grammar through Collaborative Output TasksPart 3: Instructional Contexts and Focus on Grammar8: The Role of Context in Focus on GrammarConclusion9: Focus on Grammar in L2 Classrooms: Concluding RemarksReferencesIndex

'This is a concise book of nine chapters nested in three sections. The heart of the book is three chapters dealing with input-based approaches to teaching with a focus on form (FonF), and three chapters with output-orientated FonF. Each of these chapters provides a clear introduction and summary of relevant theoretical positions and up-to-date research findings. The authors write in an accessible non-technical style which should appeal to language teachers.' - Stephen H. Moore, System Journal