Measuring productive collocational knowledge of the most frequent words
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018 Collocational knowledge is associated with writing and speaking skills. Productive skills are essential for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) students who express themselves in oral presentations or written assignments. Therefore, diagnostic measurement of collocational knowledge is important, especially in regard to the most frequent 1,000 word ...
Alireza Barouni Ebrahimi
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Collocation Instruction: Second and Foreign Language Teachers’ Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices
International Journal of Applied LinguisticsABSTRACTCollocational knowledge and competence are essential for effective foreign language (FL) and second language (L2) learning. Since teachers' conceptualizations shape their instructional practices, understanding their perceptions of collocations and their instruction is crucial.
Abid el Majidi
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First-year university students’ productive knowledge of collocations [PDF]
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2014 The present study examines productive knowledge of collocations of tertiary-level second language (L2) learners of English in an attempt to make estimates of the size of their knowledge. Participants involved first-year students at North-West University who sat a collocation test modelled on that developed by Laufer and Nation (1999), with words ...
Nizonkiza, Déogratias +2 more
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Testing Collocational Knowledge of Taif University English Seniors
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2014 Prof Hassan El-Banna M Gaballa +1 more
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Journal of Child Language, 2021 Collocations, e.g., apples and pears, hard worker, constitute an important avenue of linguistic enquiry straddling both grammar and the lexicon. They are sensitive to language experience, with adult L2 learners and children learning English as an ...
N. Riches +4 more
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Examining ESL Learners’ Knowledge of Collocations
International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2020 It is generally agreed that collocational knowledge is an important language form for language learners in order for them to be proficient and fluent in the target language. However, previous studies have reported that second language (L2) learners lack collocational competence and they encounter difficulties in learning and using collocations.
Rafidah Kamarudin +2 more
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From administrator to CEO: Exploring changing representations of hierarchy and prestige in a diachronic corpus of academic management writing [PDF]
, 2020 We explore the lexical choices made by authors published in Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ), a major academic journal in business and management studies.
Learmonth, Mark, Mautner, Gerlinde
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Short- and long-term effects of rote rehearsal on ESL learners’ processing of L2 collocations [PDF]
, 2014 Worldwide there is thought to be around 750 million people who speak English as a foreign language (Crystal, 2003, p. 69). For these speakers the difference between make a picture and take a picture may seem arbitrary.
Conklin, Kathy, Szudarski, Pawel
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“Drugs, traffic, and many other dirty interests”: metaphor and the language learner [PDF]
, 2006 Research into metaphor in foreign language teaching has primarily focused on the comprehension process, with little if any attention being paid to its effect on students' spoken and written production.
Philip, Gill
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The Significance of Collocational Knowledge for Learners of English and Teaching Implications
, 2020 The article deals with the issue of collocational knowledge in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learning and some implications for English language teaching.
Lei Zhang
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