A Probe into Temporal Meanings and Usage of English Prepositions

Abstract

Abstract: FFI refers to the instruction involving language form, which includes Focus on Forms (FonFS), Focus on Form (FonF), and Focus on Form and Function (FonFF). FonFF intends to integrate language form and function effectively, and has great value for pragmatic teaching of a foreign language. With 207 college non-English majors as the participants and English request as the target pragmatic form, the present study explores the effect of different FFI devices on the learners' acquisition of target pragmatic form. The results show that three FFI devices facilitate the learners' acquisition of pragmatic form to some extent compared with the device of Focus on Meaning (FonM). In addition, as to the three FFI devices, FonFF is superior to FonFS and FonF, while FonFS is better than FonF. As a result, the present study verifies the efficiency and superiority of FonFF.

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PENG Zhuo. A Probe into Temporal Meanings and Usage of English Prepositions[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2013, 13(10): 18-24.

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