Effects of Proficiency-based Pair Pattern on Focus on Form during Collaborative Dialogue -An Empirical Study in the Chinese EFL Context

摘要

1 Focus on Form in Meaning-Centered Instruction In recent decades, there have been vigorous debates concerning formal instruction in the field of second language acquisition. The widespread reaction against form-oriented language instruction (e. g. , Grammar Translation Method, Audiolingual Method, Silent Way, Total Physical Response) in the 1980s prompted a shift in preference toward meaning-oriented pedagogies (e. g. , Communicative Teaching, Immersion Instruction, the Natural Approach, Content-Based Instruction).