摘要：This book, written for scholars and advanced students of second language acquisition (SLA) and teaching, links SLA theory and research with current pedagogical issues. It concentrates on describing an approach called processing instruction. This input-based approach favors focus on form activities which affect how learners utilize input data. Following an introductory chapter briefly covering the motivation for processing instruction, the second chapter explains the nature of input processing and how learners make formfunction mappings in the course of receiving input.
