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A Comparison of the Effects of Meaning-focused and Form-focused Instruction on the Learning of Collocations : An Empirical Study
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Takesue, Toshimitsu |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | The present research describes an empirical study to examine the effectiveness of collocation learning through meaning-focused instruction (MFI) and form-focused instruction (FFI). The purpose of this empirical study is to clarify the following differential learning effects: (1) the differences between FFI and MFI, (2) the differences between congruent collocations and non-congruent collocations, and (3) the differences between high-frequency vocabulary and low-frequency vocabulary. The result showed that both FFI and MFI led to improved scores, and comparison of them shows that FFI is more beneficial than MFI in all cases. It also showed that non-congruent collocations benefited more than congruent collocations did from FFI. This result supports previous research claiming that FFI draws learners’ attention to the differences of meaning between their mother tongue and second language (Murao, 2004; Nesselhauf, 2003). Results also indicate that it is more effective to learn collocations composed of low-frequency verbs than those composed of high-frequency ones. 1. Background There are numerous studies in vocabulary that conclude that FFI is more beneficial than MFI (File & Adams, 2010; Hill & Laufer, 2003; Laufer, 2003; Watanabe, 1997). However, it is not yet clear that the same conclusion applies to collocation learning. There are only a few empirical studies which compared FFI with MFI. In addition to that, there is only one study (Nakata, 2007) to my knowledge which directly compares both modes of instruction. In this study, 『熊本県立大学大学院文学研究科論集』11号. 2018. 9. 30 |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
