NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nguyen, Thi My Hang; Webb, Stuart – Language Teaching Research, 2017
This study investigated Vietnamese EFL learners' knowledge of verb-noun and adjective-noun collocations at the first three 1,000 word frequency levels, and the extent to which five factors (node word frequency, collocation frequency, mutual information score, congruency, and part of speech) predicted receptive knowledge of collocation. Knowledge…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Boers, Frank; Demecheleer, Murielle; Coxhead, Averil; Webb, Stuart – Language Teaching Research, 2014
Many contemporary textbooks for English as a foreign language (EFL) and books for vocabulary study contain exercises with a focus on collocations, with verb-noun collocations (e.g. "make a mistake") being particularly popular as targets for collocation learning. Common exercise formats used in textbooks and other pedagogic materials…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Adults