Research Article

TEACHING COLLOCATIONS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS AND THE ROLE OF MOTHER TONGUE

Number: 148 June 1, 2010
  • Sevil Altıkulaçoğlu
TR EN

TEACHING COLLOCATIONS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS AND THE ROLE OF MOTHER TONGUE

Abstract

Collocations, which can be defined as lexical combinations made up of more thanone word and arbitrarily restricted to a certain degree in terms of lexis and / or syntax, have great importance in a native speaker’s competence. Thus, these words areof crucial importance to foreign language learners in the process of using the target language naturally. This article, in which the classification of collocations,their importance and the difficulty they cause for foreign language learners arementioned, presents a study on the role of mother tongue in the process of students’collocation use and it also gives examples of classroom activities

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Linguistics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Sevil Altıkulaçoğlu This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2010

Submission Date

January 1, 2010

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2010 Number: 148

APA
Altıkulaçoğlu, S. (2010). TEACHING COLLOCATIONS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS AND THE ROLE OF MOTHER TONGUE. Dil Dergisi, 148, 37-52. https://doi.org/10.1501/Dilder_0000000129

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