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Sample mini-lesson using Input enhancement
Based on:
The integration of focus-on-form instruction with culture-based lesson: Its effect on students’
knowledge on vocabulary, grammar and culture in 2nd- and 3rd-semester French courses
Grim (2005)
Including sample lesson materials
What is input enhancement?
• Used more often in foreign language teaching contexts
• Within a lesson, instructors flood the input with the new form to be learned
• To help students notice that form, the text is enhanced (different color, style, added symbols to enhance meaning)
• Can be used to teach new grammar or vocabulary within a cultural or topical lesson
Hypothesis of Dissertation
• Including input enhancement and planned focus-on-form in content-enriched lessons in lower-level language courses will allow students to notice and learn the forms.
Geography
• Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean near Africa.
• The main language spoken in Madagacar is Malagasy.
• Many people also speak French.
• Madagascar is bigger than (+) California. It is one of the biggest (+++) islands in the world.
• The population is as large as (=) the population of Taiwan.
• The climate and landscape of Madagascar is very diverse.
• Here are a few photos of another city called Toliara. It is not as big as (-) and less modern than (-) Antanarivo.
Climate
• In general, Madagascar is warmer than (+) the US.
• The east coast is the wettest (+++) part of the country.
• There are many rainforests there.
• The West coast is drier than (+) the east coast.
• The driest (+++) part of Madagascar is the southwest. Parts of this region are a desert.
The study’s results
• In this study, the group with the input enhancement (planned focus-on-form) in the input had the highest gains between the pre-test and the immediate post-text on both the lexical and grammatical part of the instruction
• Input enhancement of vocabulary and grammar helps learners concentrate more on the general meaning of a lesson as well as the enhanced vocabulary and grammar