The Comparative Effect of Focus on Form vs. Focus on Forms Instruction

This study was designed mainly to investigate the extent to which two instructional frameworks, namely, Focus on Form (FonF) and Focus on Forms (FonFs) affect the development of two productive skills of speaking and writing in Iranian intermediate EFL learners. Pursuing the three major objectives of the study, the inquirer, planning a quasi-experimental research design, invited 80 male and female Iranian EFL learners to take part in the study. Using three instruments, PET, IELTS speaking, and writing tests, the researcher elicited data for further analysis and interpretation. Being exposed to treatment phase for almost three months, the participants' performance in posttest indicated a significant change in the quality of both writing and speaking using both FonF and FonFs instruction.

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Fatemeh Masumi holds an M.A. in TEFL from Islamic Azad University-South Tehran Branch. She has been working both as a supervisor and TEFLIST at Iranian academic settings.