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This descriptive corpus-based study aimed to investigate EFL students’ use of English lexical collocations in their academic writing. The study included 120 freshmen majoring in English Studies at a state university in the southern region of Vietnam. Corpus-based tools, specifically Sketch Engine and the Corpus of Contemporary American English, were primarily employed to categorize and assess the appropriateness of collocations expressed in the students' essays. Additionally, in order to delve deeper into research-related matters, a Likert scale survey embedded with two open-ended questions was administered to the participants. The findings obtained from both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the collected data indicated that the students most frequently utilized adjective + noun collocations in their academic essays. However, the types of collocations that seemed to pose the most challenges for their usage were noun + noun, adjective + noun, and verb + adverb collocations. This was largely attributed to their limited vocabulary size, lack of collocational knowledge and learning strategies, and L1 negative transfer, which resulted in their misuse and incorrect selection of English collocations. Based on the research outcomes, important pedagogical implications have been further discussed for effective teaching and learning of English collocations to benefit EFL students’ academic writing.

기타언어

This descriptive corpus-based study aimed to investigate EFL students’ use of English lexical collocations in their academic writing. The study included 120 freshmen majoring in English Studies at a state university in the southern region of Vietnam. Corpus-based tools, specifically Sketch Engine and the Corpus of Contemporary American English, were primarily employed to categorize and assess the appropriateness of collocations expressed in the students' essays. Additionally, in order to delve deeper into research-related matters, a Likert scale survey embedded with two open-ended questions was administered to the participants. The findings obtained from both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the collected data indicated that the students most frequently utilized adjective + noun collocations in their academic essays. However, the types of collocations that seemed to pose the most challenges for their usage were noun + noun, adjective + noun, and verb + adverb collocations. This was largely attributed to their limited vocabulary size, lack of collocational knowledge and learning strategies, and L1 negative transfer, which resulted in their misuse and incorrect selection of English collocations. Based on the research outcomes, important pedagogical implications have been further discussed for effective teaching and learning of English collocations to benefit EFL students’ academic writing.

목차

Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Definition and Classification of English Collocations
Importance and Challenges of Using English Collocations
Causes behind Students’ Difficulties with English Collocations
Corpus-Based Studies on English Collocations
Method
Setting and Sampling
Research Instruments
Research Procedure
Results and Discussion
Types of English Lexical Collocations Frequently Used in Students’ Academic Writing
Students’ Difficulties with Using English Lexical Collocations in Academic Writing
Causes of Students’ Difficulties in Using English Lexical Collocations
Suggestions for Improving Students’ Collocational Competence
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
The Author
References
Appendix

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저자

• Hong Thi Tuyet Vo [ Can Tho University ]

참고문헌

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  The Journal of AsiaTEFL

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-3102

• eISSN

  2466-1511

• 수록기간

  2004~2026

• 등재여부

  SCOPUS,KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 740 DDC 420