Effects of Teaching Collocations on Academic Writing

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 64 - 82, 01.05.2018

Fatma Demiray Akbulut

Abstract

Lexical knowledge is
an essential part of gaining proficiency in a second language. Encouraging
learners of second language to use different multi-word combinations and
collocations is thought to extend their knowledge in language studies. In the
field of ELT environment, a growing number of researchers suppose that after
outlining a reasonable vocabulary learning goals, educators should underline
the importance of teaching lexical collocations reasonably. In countries where
English is taught as a second language, learners should be promoted to gather
lexical knowledge and achieve four English skills (reading, writing, listening,
speaking). From beginning to advanced level, high-frequent collocations can be
found mostly in speech and writing. In this study, Turkish EFL learners’
lexical collocations knowledge and usage are analysed in the reading and
writing skills. From the results of this research, it can be concluded that
teaching lexical and academic collocations provide learners to acquire language
effectively and be more fluent in it prominently.

Keywords

Collocations, academic collocations, lexical knowledge, vocabulary teaching

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