Vocabulary Increase and Collocation Learning by Haiyan Men

Author:Haiyan Men
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Singapore

As is shown in Fig. 5.3 (cf. the corresponding numerical data in Table 5.1), for collocations that were used 5 times or less, there was a clear increase in collocation types in the ST6 level compared with the two lower levels. For collocations with a frequency more than 5, there was not such a growing trend. It shows that despite a heavy use of a rather small number of most frequent collocations at all levels, there was no increase in the types of these frequent collocations across the three proficiency levels, but an increase in far less frequent collocations. That there was an increase in collocation types with the rise of proficiency is consistent with the findings by Gitsaki (1999) and Zhang (1993), who reported that more proficient L2 learners produced more varied collocations than the less proficient L2 learners. It is unsurprising in the sense that more collocations are learned as learners receive more English instruction. So it becomes more important to investigate the quality of their collocation production in terms of misuses.

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