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1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Research Purpose
1.3 Outline of the Thesis
2 Literature Review
2.1 Focus on Form: An Integration of Form and Meaning
2.1.1 Interpretation of Focus on Form
2.1.2 The Advantage of Focus-on-Form Instruction
2.1.3 Pedagogical Techniques in Focus on Form
2.2 Theoretical Foundations of Focus-on-Form Instruction
2.2.1 Information Processing Model
2.2.2 Noticing Hypothesis
2.2.3 Interaction Hypothesis
2.3 Studies on Focus on Form Abroad and at Home
Summary
3 An Empirical Study
3.1 Methodology
3.1.1 Research Questions
3.1.2 The Form in Focus
3.1.3 Subjects
3.1.4 Instructional Treatments
3.1.5 Instruments
3.1.6 Data Collection
3.2 Results
3.2.1 The Results of Language Awareness of the Target Form
3.2.2 The Results of Accurate Production of the Target Form
3.2.3 The Results of Different Types of Elicitation Tasks
3.3 Discussion
3.3.1 Discussion of the Results
3.3.2 Factors Concerning the Results
4 Pedagogical Implications and Applications
4.1 Pedagogical Implications
4.1.1 The Combination of OE and IE is Suitable to Improve Output Ability
4.1.2 Corrective Feedback is Necessary
4.2 Methodological Principles
4.2.1 Working out Focused Learning Tasks
4.2.2 Supplying Focused Corrective Feedback
4.3 The role of teachers and learners in FonF Instruction
4.3.1 Therole of Teachers
4.3.2 The Role of Learners
Summary
5 Conclusions
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Limitations of the Study
5.3 Suggestions for Future Research
References
Appendix
Acknowledgements