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This Time I Am Going To Share About An Article Review That I Have Done. The Title Of The Article Is Collocation In English Teaching And Learning.

Collocation In English Teaching And Learning Is An Article That Is Made Manfu Duan And Xiaohui Qin.

1.       Introduction

For An Intermediate Learner Of A Foreign Or Second Language, Vocabulary Has Always Been A Bottleneck Impeding His Progress. At This Stage, The Traditional Way Of Memorizing The Meaning And Pronunciation Of A New Word Is Far From Meeting The Need Of The Learner. With The Expansion Of The Size Of Vocabulary, Many Problems Arise Concerning The Proper Use Of A Word In Context, Among Which Is Collocation. Collocation Is One Of The Most Important Aspects Of Knowing A Word. That Is To Say, In Order To Deepen The Understanding Of A Word, Students Of English Must Know Its Collocation.

2.       Discussion

                                I.            What Is Collocation

To Summarize, Collocation Refers To The Frequent Co-Occurrence And Mutual Expectation Of Some Words Which Appear More Often Than By Chance. In This Sense, Collocation Can Be Called Restricted Combination, Which Exists Between Free Combination And Idiom And Has Semantic Transparency. We Will Use This As The Working Definition For The Present Paper.

                              II.            The Importance Of Collocation

Collocation Is An Important Vocabulary Acquisition.Collocation Is A Universal Linguistic Phenomenon.Collocation Also Provides A Good Way Tomemorise New Word.

                            III.            Causes Of Chinese Students ‘  Collocation Errors.

While The Native English Speakers Intuitively Make The Correct Collocation, Based On A Life-Time Experience Of Hearing And Reading The Words In Fixed Combinations, The Chinese Learners Of English Have No Choice But To Learn The Correct Collocation By Resorting To Rote Learning. The Problem For The Chinese Learners Of English Is That There Are No Collocation Rules That Can Be Learned. They Have More Limited Experience And May Frequently Collocate Words In A Way That Sounds Odd To The Native Speaker. I Am Of The Opinion That The Collocation Errors Of Chinese Students Are Mainly Caused By L1 Interference And Overgeneralization.

                            IV.            How To Teach And Learn Collocation

From What Has Been Mentioned Above, We Can See That Collocation Is A Big Problem In Learners’ Interlanguage. This Is Probably Because Inadequate Attention Has Been Paid To The Teaching Of Collocation In Teaching Practice. In Order To Improve The Quality Of Interlanguage And Enable The Students To Produce Idiomatic English, Teachers Of English Must Attach Sufficient Importance To The Teaching Of Collocation When Teaching Vocabulary.

In Conclusion, Correct And Idiomatic Use Of Words Depends Largely On The Mastery Of Their Typical Collocational Behavior. In Order To Learn New Words Well And Deepen Understanding, Both Students And Teachers Of English Should Pay More Attention To Collocation And Be Aware Of The Importance Of Collocation In The Acquisition Of A Word. And Students Should Make Good Use Of Collocation Dictionaries And The Resources On The Internet Whenever They Are Not Sure Of The Collocation A Word Should Be In.