Task-related focus-on-forms foreign language vocabulary development: Focus on spoken form and word parts

The study explored the impact of task-related focus-on-forms (FonFs) (i.e., focus on spoken form and word parts) on EFL vocabulary development. A total of 130 English language students were randomly assigned to three different experimental conditions adopting a ‘comparison group’ design. In Group 1, the teacher taught the forty target words by giving their definitions (in the form of target language explanations) and example sentences wherein...