A comparative corpus–based analysis of lexical collocations used in EFL textbooks

Ahmad Molavi; Mansour Koosha; Hossein Hosseini

doi:10.5294/4087

Authors

Ahmad Molavi Author Azad University, Khorasgan Branch
Mansour Koosha Author Azad University, Khorasgan Branch
Hossein Hosseini Author Azad University, Khorasgan Branch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5294/4087

Keywords:

colocación, colocación lexica, corpus.

Abstract

As collocations play an important role in second language learning, especially at intermediate-advanced levels, the present study not only seeks to examine distribution of Lexical collocations in three selected series of general English textbooks, Interchange Third Edition by (Jack C. Richards and Jonathan Hull, 2005), American Headway by (Liz and John Soars, 2003), American File by (Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham Koeing, 2008),through analyzing, face to face and telephone conversation scripts collected from intermediate and upper-intermediate level books of the aforementioned series, but also employs Open American National Corpus (OANC) available online and AntConc 3.2.1concordancer program to compare Lexical collocations from textbook to their real use by native-speakers. The findings of present research suggested that especial attention has been paid to specific types of lexical collocations noun + verb and adjective + noun while the frequency of collocations in series could not be affective on learners collocations learning and on the other hand comparing textbooks collocations to reference corpus (OANC) showed choice of collocations in these series did not have big refers to real use of language by native speakers.

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Author Biographies

Ahmad Molavi, Azad University, Khorasgan Branch

Ahmad Molavi is a Ph.D student of TEFL in Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan branch, Isfahan, Iran. He is currently teaching in Azad universities and Islamic Propagation Office in Isfahan, Iran. He is interested in teaching methodology and second language acquisition (SLA) studies, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics as well.

Mansour Koosha, Azad University, Khorasgan Branch

Dr. Mansour Koosha is a faculty member of English Language Teaching Department, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch. He is an associate professor at Khorasgan branch. He holds a Ph.D in applied linguistics. Dr.Koosha’s interests are language testing, research methodology, linguistics, material development and teaching methodology. He has published a lot of articles and books. Dr. Koosha has participated in several seminars and conferences and is an experienced professor of English.

Hossein Hosseini, Azad University, Khorasgan Branch

Hossein Hosseini is a Ph.D student of TEFL in Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan branch, Isfahan, Iran. He is currently teaching in Azad university of Khorasgan and Language Institutes in Isfahan, Iran. He is interested in teaching methodology, second language acquisition (SLA) studies, and Discourse analysis as well.

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