Focus on Forms
All Things Vocabulary
100

Any verbal or written input, which is manipulated for learners to create form-meaning mappings. 

What is input-based instruction 

100

Vocabulary learning involves the mapping of meaning onto form 

What is form-meaning mapping

200

In this type of instruction, learners are shown examples of specific structure and asked to determine the pattern or rule that applies to all examples. 


What is consciousness-raising tasks

200

This is a combination of multiple components that create the optimal vocabulary learning conditions.

What is engagement 

300

Instruction begins with an explanation of the grammar point, followed by controlled production, and is finished with engagement with the grammar structure in free practice. 


What is present, practice, prodcue (PPP) 

300

This hypothesis states that there are three important task factors for incidental vocabulary acquisition: Need, search, and evaluation.

What is the involvement load hypothesis 

400

Learners are given a text, usually orally. After hearing/reading the text one to two times, learners are asked to reconstruct the passage in groups or individually.

What is output-based instruction

400

One aspect of vocabulary knowledge that is often acquired late is knowledge of which words frequently occur together. Name one of the three. 

What are multiword units

What are collocations 

What are idioms 

500

learners often use L1-based processing strategies that do not work or work poorly for processing L2 input. 

What is Processing instruction?  

500

If learners know only the basic form-meaning connections of lexical items, what is limited? 

What is depth of knowledge