Table Of ContentResearching Collocations in Another Language
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TESTING ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS: DEVELOPING RECEPTIVE
TESTS FOR USE WITH ADVANCED SWEDISH LEARNERS
Researching Collocations
in Another Language
Multiple Interpretations
Edited by
Andy Barfield
Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
Henrik Gyllstad
Lund University, Sweden
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Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Notes on Contributors xiv
1 Introduction: Researching L2 Collocation
Knowledge and Development 1
Andy Barfield and Henrik Gyllstad
Part I L2 Collocation Learner Corpus Research
2 Effects of Second Language Immersion on Second Language
Collocational Development 21
Nicholas Groom
3 Sound Evidence: Phraseological Units in Spoken Corpora 34
Phoebe M. S. Lin and Svenja Adolphs
4 Exploring L1 and L2 Writing Development through
Collocations: A Corpus- based Look 49
Randi Reppen
5 Commentary on Part I: Learner Corpora: A Window
onto the L2 Phrasicon 60
Sylviane Granger
Part II L2 Collocation Lexicographic and
Classroom Materials Research
6 Towards Collocational Webs for Presenting
Collocations in Learners’ Dictionaries 69
Susanne Handl
7 Japanese Learners’ Collocation Dictionary
Retrieval Performance 86
Yuri Komuro
8 Designing Pedagogic Materials to Improve Awareness
and Productive Use of L2 Collocations 99
Jingyi Jiang
9 Commentary on Part II: Exploring Materials for
the Study of L2 Collocations 114
Hilary Nesi
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Part III L2 Collocation Knowledge Assessment Research
10 Evaluating a New Test of Whole English Collocations 125
Robert Lee Revier
11 Toward an Assessment of Learners’ Receptive and
Productive Syntagmatic Knowledge 139
June Eyckmans
12 Designing and Evaluating Tests of Receptive Collocation
Knowledge: COLLEX and COLLMATCH 153
Henrik Gyllstad
13 Commentary on Part III: Developing and Validating
Tests of L2 Collocation Knowledge 171
John Shillaw
Part IV L2 Collocation Learner Process and Practice Research
14 Collocation Learning through an ‘AWARE’ Approach: Learner
Perspectives and Learning Process 181
Yang Ying and Marnie O’Neill
15 Learning Collocations through Attention- Drawing
Techniques: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis 194
Elke Peters
16 Following Individuals’ L2 Collocation Development
over Time 208
Andy Barfield
17 Commentary on Part IV: Processes in the Development
of L2 Collocational Knowledge – A Challenge for
Language Learners, Researchers and Teachers 224
Birgit Henriksen and Lars Stenius Stæhr
18 Conclusion: Navigating L2 Collocation Research 232
Alison Wray
References 245
Index 266
List of Figures
3.1 The four possibilities with phraseological unit boundary/
intonation unit boundary matching 38
3.2 Examples of I don’t know why as sentence stem, comment
clause and disclaimer in NICLEs-CHN 40
3.3 The waveform and pitch changes of I don’t know why
in Example 4 45
3.4 The waveform and pitch changes of I don’t know why in
Example 5 46
6.1 Two lexemes linked by collocational direction and
attraction 75
6.2 A refined dictionary entry as used in the look- up study 76
6.3 A dictionary entry with integrated collocation information 77
6.4 Example collocational webs 79
6.5 Examples from the questionnaire 81
6.6 Look- up scores in relation to collocation display and task 83
8.1 Summary of textbook vocabulary tasks 103
12.1 A working definition of ‘collocation’ 155
12.2 A definition of the construct ‘receptive collocation
knowledge’ 156
12.3 An example of a COLLEX item 157
12.4 Example items from the COLLMATCH test format 158
12.5 Frequency distribution of scores on VLT M (N(cid:2)307) 162
12.6 Frequency distribution of scores on COLLEX 5 (N(cid:2)307) 163
12.7 Frequency distribution of scores on COLLMATCH 3
(N(cid:2)307) 163
12.8 Results on COLLEX (k(cid:2)50, reliability (cid:3)(cid:2).89) and
COLLMATCH (k(cid:2)100, reliability (cid:3)(cid:2).89) by groups 165
12.9 Scatterplot of VLT scores against COLLEX scores (n(cid:2)269) 167
12.10 Scatterplot of VLT scores against COLLMATCH
scores (n(cid:2)269) 167
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