Volume 29, Issue 3
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.712
Towards the importance of English collocations for L2 Learners, A Corpus-Based study
Abstract
The significance of collocations is undeniable for non-native learners of English language. As a unit of lexis, its importance in learning and teaching language is well-established fact. Now-a days, a significant change has been observed in the learning and teaching of English language and the change is that major stress is given to multi word units rather than individual words. Person’s listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are improved with the help of collocations. Anyhow, handling of collocations for the learners of a foreign language is very challenging. By learning and using collocations effectively, the EFL/ESL learners become able to achieve native like fluency in English. To achieve the basic knowledge of EFL/ESL vocabulary is not an easy task. Collocations perform a core role in vocabulary learning. For non-native learners, the successful learning and handling collocations is problematic. The conducted research endeavors to reveal the importance of learning English collocations for non-native learners. The researcher utilizes corpus for this purpose because corpora are proving fruitful in the present era.
Keywords
English collocations, Lexis, non-native speaker, Corpus, handling of collocations