Research findings
the ‘Get it right from the beginning’ proposal argue that it is better to encourage learners to develop ‘fluency’ before ‘accuracy’. Some findings from second language classroom research do permit us to assess the effect of instruction that is strongly oriented to the ‘Get it right from the beginning’ approach. These include descriptive studies of the interlanguage development of second language learners in audiolingual programmers (Study 12), and comparisons of the development of second language proficiency between groups of students receiving different combinations of form-and MEANING-BASED INSTRUCTION (Study 13).