tatar presentation 694 proposal collocations&concordancers
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1. It's necessary to teach collocations and word clusters (Bahns & Eldaw 1993; Nesselhauf 2003).2. Inductive approaches to learning result in longer-lasting retention of difficult collocation patterns (Sun & Wang, 2003).3. Students find concordancers more useful for learning usage of vocabulary terms than meanings (Yoon & Hirvela 2004).
● Research Question: Will EFL students at a university in Jordan recall and learn appropriate usage of a greater number of adverb-adjective collocations when using either a web-based concordancer or a collocations dictionary as a reference tool?
● Hypothesis: The use of a web-based concordancer as a reference tool will result in greater retention and usage of appropriate adverb-adjective collocations than the collocations dictionary among EFL university students in Jordan.
● Independent: Reference material (Concordancer vs. Dictionary)
● Dependent: Collocation retention & usage● Moderating: Prior experience with computers,
dictionaries; Extent of computer use; Preferences for/against computer use; English proficiency; Number of years of English study
● Extraneous: Gender; Age; Academic major
● Quasi-experimental (convenience samples from 2 classes, not random)
● Confirmatory● Applied● Mostly Quantitative, Instrumental (open-
ended/constructed response tests, short essay)
● Background questionnaire● Test (list & writing sample)● Four classes: Two with concordancer, two
with dictionary● No control group: Every student uses both
treatment● Grading rubric: correct answer=1,
incorrect=0● Student feedback
Collocations Dictionary Free Web-based Concordancer
Book:● Large, bulky● Cheaper
Computer & internet access:● More expensive equipment● Can be accessed from any
computer with internet accessDeductive:
● Student may not retain as much info● Easier, more familiar format, quicker
Inductive:● Takes more time to learn and
use● Longer retention (Sun & Wang, 2003)Limited context:
● Fewer examples of usage● Less cognitive load because
acceptable collocates are neatly spelled-out
Wider context:● Greater cognitive load because
the learner is presented with more examples
● Many authentic examples, often in expandable contexts
Authentic texts:● Search results depend on corpus: If it’s
not in the corpus, it won’t be in the results
● Teacher can select & enter text/corpus
aware adj.1 conscious
● VERBS be, seem │ become │ make sb We need to make people more aware of these problems.
● ADV. acutely, keenly, very, well │ fully, perfectly Mr Bush did not appear fully aware of the importance of this act. │ dimly, vaguely │ hardly, not really He was not real-ly aware of what he was doing. │ horribly, painfully Moran was painfully aware of Luke’s absence.
● PREP. of The police are well aware of the dangers.2 informed
● VERBS be │ become● ADV. very │ environmentally, politically, socially
Compleat Lexical Tutor
http://www.lextutor.ca/
Just one of several free web-based concordancers.It has nice quizzes and multiple search functions (including collocations), features relatively simple
interface, creates level-appropriate cloze exercises, etc.