形式聚焦兼具全形式和全意义两种教学方法的优势,对提高语言使用准确度、加快语言学习进程具有很好的促进作用。全面考察并系统梳理国内形式聚焦教学方法研究现状和问题有助于推动该领域研究走向深入。通过分析国内2003~2022年间发表的76篇相关研究文章发现:国内形式聚焦教学方法研究范式从最初的综述和理论研究逐渐转向实证研究,研究趋势呈波浪式动态变化,研究主题主要包括形式聚焦与其他教学方法的对比研究、形式聚焦的促学效应、实施形式聚焦的时机和手段、形式聚焦中的学习者接纳以及形式聚焦教学现状。国内研究虽取得阶段性成果,但存在“本土化”理论研究严重不足、实证性研究主题过于狭窄等问题。因此,未来研究应加强国内语境下形式聚焦教学方法理论体系的构建,进一步拓展实证研究主题,丰富研究成果。

Focus on Form (FonF) combines the advantages of two teaching methods, i.e., Focus on Forms and Focus on Meaning. Hence, it is conducive to improving language learners’ accuracy and facilitating their language learning. An overview of the domestic studies on FonF can help promote in-depth research into this topic. The analysis of 76 domestic research articles on FonF between 2003 and 2022 leads to the findings that: empirical research has gradually become the dominant paradigm; the development trend presents a dynamic change; the research topics include comparisons between FonF instruction and other teaching methods, the effectiveness of FonF, the timing and means of FonF, learner uptake in FonF, and investigation of FonF instruction in China. Though some initial achievements have been made in the past twenty years, domestic studies are not immune to such problems as paucity of studies on FonF theories and biases in selecting the topics of the study. Therefore, future studies should aim to establish a theoretical system of FonF in the domestic context, further expand empirical research topics, and enrich research results.