Investigating the Impact of Acquiring Collocation and Lexical Bundles on Improving Language Proficiency of First Year College Students

Conference: The European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL2021)
Title: Investigating the Impact of Acquiring Collocation and Lexical Bundles on Improving Language Proficiency of First Year College Students
Stream: Applied linguistics research
Presentation Type: Virtual Presentation
Authors:
Sally Kondos, American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abstract:

This presentation introduces the outcome of a study that investigated the impact of teaching collocation & lexical bundles on increasing the vocabulary size of EFL learners. The presenter will give a detailed account of the research methodology, theoretical framework, and the research methods that were implemented in the study. Many studies investigated the relationship between competence in vocabulary and L2 writing. Although studies indicate the importance of lexical knowledge in L2 writing, there is not enough research to confirm the correlation between specific vocabulary size and the quality of writing (Miralpiex & Muncoz, 2018). Additionally, there is a lack of research investigating the effect of teaching collocation & lexical bundles on enhancing Arabic-speaking students' language proficiency in the United Arab Emirates or the Middle East. The current study implemented collocation due to its vital role in producing more advanced sentence structure, yet it is challenging to master for L2 language learners correctly. Collocation is perceived as a continuum that is governed by some degree of restrictions. For lexical bundles refer to high-frequency combinations of words that frequently occur next to each other, whether in spoken or written text. Lexical bundles are incomplete grammatical structures, commonly formed by combining two noun phrases or a verb and noun phrase or more phrases or clauses. On the other hand, you are responsible for (Durrant, 2017). The presenter will share the results of the study with the audience along with the answers to the research questions.

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