FOCUS ON FORM IN CLASSROOM SECOND LANGUAGEACQUISITION. Catherine Doughty and Jessica Williams (Eds. ). New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xiv + 301. 64. 95 cloth, 22. 95 paper.

This volume contains 10 original chapters reflecting research and discussion on the issue of focus on form (FonF) in second language instruction. As the editors point out in the preface, it is timely now to discuss and clarify terminology and research issues in FonF studies, mainly because of the diversity of reactions to this construct. The central aim of the chapters is to explore the nature and feasibility of FonF and their intended audience is second language acquisition (SLA) researchers and language teaching practitioners, as well as graduate students in the field of applied linguistics.