The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency

ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate students’ collocational competence by examining the relationship between the knowledge of lexical collocation among them. The respondents were 30 students of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK). A lexical collocation test (LCT) was constructed to gauge the...

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Main Author:	Abdul Ghani, Rozina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SCIPRESS 2015
Subjects:	PE English
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spelling	iium-495062018-06-25T04:50:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/49506/ The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency Abdul Ghani, Rozina PE English ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate students’ collocational competence by examining the relationship between the knowledge of lexical collocation among them. The respondents were 30 students of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK). A lexical collocation test (LCT) was constructed to gauge the knowledge of collocation, while a speaking proficiency test (SPT) adopted from the IELTS was administered to determine the students’ level of speaking proficiency. Both variables were then correlated. The result indicates that there was no significant correlation between the knowledge of collocation and speaking proficiency among the respondents. Based on the findings, it is revealed that exposure to the target language plays a vital role in language acquisition. Exposure to collocations in particular would enable the learners to speak more fluently and sound more native-like. SCIPRESS 2015-10-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49506/1/ILSHS.61.7.pdf Abdul Ghani, Rozina (2015) The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency. International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol 61. 7-16. ISSN 2300-2697 https://www.scipress.com/ doi:10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.61.7
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description	ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate students’ collocational competence by examining the relationship between the knowledge of lexical collocation among them. The respondents were 30 students of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK). A lexical collocation test (LCT) was constructed to gauge the knowledge of collocation, while a speaking proficiency test (SPT) adopted from the IELTS was administered to determine the students’ level of speaking proficiency. Both variables were then correlated. The result indicates that there was no significant correlation between the knowledge of collocation and speaking proficiency among the respondents. Based on the findings, it is revealed that exposure to the target language plays a vital role in language acquisition. Exposure to collocations in particular would enable the learners to speak more fluently and sound more native-like.
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title	The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency
title_short	The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency
title_full	The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency
title_fullStr	The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency
title_full_unstemmed	The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency
title_sort	knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency
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The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency

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