UNIT 10                                   EXPOSURE AND FOCUS ON FORM

In order to learn a language is important a person has exposure to it, so that the learner will pick it up naturally. As a child learns his first language, to learn a target language is important also to interact with other people. The learner needs to be exposed to the focus on form at the same time he or she is learning the sounds, the focus on form is to pay attention to the words and parts of words that make a language structure or in pronunciation. In the classroom, at the beginning the students pass for the silent period which means that they have a time for learning the second language and prefer to listen or read it means just to receive the teacher´s input. After that, the learner will be able to produce something as for example some chunks in the target language.

Is very hard to manage a language in the correct way, but teachers should make use of some methods in order to make students achieve comprehension.

Examples

• Personally as a future teacher I would to use the communicative approaches with my students since they will have more opportunities in order be exposure to the language.
• Also, the use of authentic material as for example the music and some videos will help me with students in the class to acquire the language easily. 

References:

http://es.slideshare.net/albertamaro/exposure-and-focus-on-form