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A Corpus-based Study of Collocation Production of Chinese EFL Learners
Article Number: SIS240958AI100123
10th January, 2023
Author(s):
Bowen Gao, Lin Zhu, Lin Zhu, Ziyan Luo, Ziyan Luo
Abstract:
It is of great difficult for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners to acquire collocation.
This research investigated V + N collocation production of Chinese middle school university
EFL learners based on TECCL (Ten-thousand English Composition of Chinese Learners)
corpus, aiming at discovering the difficulties in collocation usage. In the study, collocations in
the writing samples were identified manually and evaluated by dictionaries, corpus and native
speakers as right or wrong. Collocation accuracy was figured out and errors were examined.
Therefore, difficulties in collocation usage were discovered. The data were analyzed both
quantitatively and qualitatively to yield the following three findings: first, middle school
students and university students respectively produced 79% and 83% correct collocations
among their collocation production. Second, collocation accuracy did not improve
significantly as overall L2 (second language) proficiency increases. Third, wrong choice of
verb and noun was the largest problem for Chinese EFL learners. The results also suggested
that L1 (first language) influence and deficiency in L2 knowledge affected collocation usage.
Based on these findings, pedagogical implications were discussed.