Collocation and Lexical Development for Language Learners

Authors

Mike Long

Publication Date

1990-01-01

Abstract

English language teaching, which has given so much attention to syllabus design and methodology, remains naive about learning vocabulary. All except the most advanced textbooks severely limit vocabulary, while simplified readers also do that and excise idioms, set phrases and non-literal use of language. The profession seems to avoid the question of how learners can progress from controlled classroom discourse and conventional materials to authentic text, at least for its lexical content. There are probably no ready solutions, but this paper suggests that collocation has some potential, and that the word, as well as the practice, should be standard in the ELT classroom. Thereafter the teacher exploits lexis as it is met in context.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.20.1.5

First Page

35

Last Page

40

Recommended Citation

Long, Mike (1990) "Collocation and Lexical Development for Language Learners," PASAA: Vol. 20: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.20.1.5
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol20/iss1/5