Focus on Form (FonF) instruction places dual emphasis on meaningful interaction and overt reference to problematic or more complex forms in L2 classes. One way to draw attention to such forms is through incidental preemptive FonF. As an attempt to expand the scope of teacher-initiated preemptive FonF, the present quasi-experimental study explored…

Language play and its effects on second language learning have been addressed by many scholars in recent years with instances of language play being identified both inside and outside the classroom. However, only a few have integrated language play with classroom tasks, and they just sufficed to the qualitative analyses of the learners'…

The purpose of this study was to find out the possible effects of pre-versus post-presentation input flooding via reading on simple past tense acquisition among young Iranian EFL learners. Sixty one elementary EFL learners were divided into two experimental and one control group. The experimental groups were exposed to pre and post presentation…