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This article by Shaoqun Wu from the University of Waikato explores the concept of collocation in language learning and its crucial role in student progress. Despite extensive vocabulary knowledge, many students struggle to make visible improvements due to a lack of understanding of how words typically combine. The piece offers insights into effective methods for learning collocations, emphasizing the importance of purposeful learning and available language resources. It addresses common challenges and provides strategies to enhance language fluency.
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Supporting Collocation Learning a data-driven approach Shaoqun Wu The university of Waikato
look, see and watch injury and wound broad and wide?
What are you doing tonight ? I am going to look TV.
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They study hard. They know many words, including Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. They know Simple Present, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous tense … They know 20 different uses of the word as. …
Do they know 10 common phrases associated with the word make?
heavy smoker strong smoker powerful tea big rain look book one sex product strong tea heavy rain read a book disposable product
horse horse tiger tiger people mountain people sea
What is collocation? Choice of one word conditions the choice of the next, and of the next again John Sinclair
Collocation learning is difficult • too many of them • they are arbitrary
Dear Jane You are very very very beautiful. I love you very much. Joe
It would bring the health problem bring the heath problem.
Parents have a wide range of options to cultivate their children with a good art understanding cultivate their children
http://flax.nzdl.org • Library • Learning collocations • Web phrases • Wikipedia collocations • Text Checking