An Investigation of the English Collocational Knowledge of Jordanian Graduate Students
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study aims at investigating the English collocational knowledge of Jordanian graduate students and at analyzing quantitatively and qualitatively the collocational errors they made. The sample of the study involved thirty M.A TEFL graduate students at the Hashemite University in Jordan. The researcher adapted a completion test that measured students’ knowledge of four types of lexical collocations: free combination, restricted collocations, figurative idioms, and pure idioms. The results showed that free combination created the least amount of difficulty, whereas pure idioms were the most challenging. Additionally, students had unsatisfactory performance on restricted and figurative idioms. In general, the students’ deviant answers demonstrated their insufficient knowledge of the English collocations. It has been concluded that their errors can be attributed to first language interference.
Source: Dirasat: Educational Sciences
Authors: Abdullah Abu Naba’h, Nayel Al-Shara’h
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1585896988