Raising Teacher-Trainees Awareness Of Input-Based Options For Focus On Form
Raising Teacher-Trainees Awareness Of Input-Based Options For Focus On Form

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the importance of raising teacher-trainees’ awareness of some contemporary teaching approaches for focus on form in instructional paradigms emphasizing negotiation of meaning and pragmatic appropriateness. The idea of autonomous language learning makes it essential for teacher-trainees to be aware of a variety of teaching choices, among which are input based options, such as processing instruction, textual enhancement and discourse-based teaching. These instructional options need to be included in the theoretical course in methodology, so that the tranees can make them part of their teaching repertoire and make informed decisions when choosing the best approach to teaching a particular group or class of students. The input-based options are illustrated through classroom activities and mapped against the context of the Bulgarian EFL classroom.

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