Spoken Corpora of EFL Learners: Collocations, Vocabulary Use, and their Oral Proficiency Levels
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This paper aims to emphasize the importance of collocations in English language education and assessment, examining the correct use of collocations and vocabulary range and distributions in the learner corpora of EFL university students in Korea, as a means of measuring their communicative competence. The correlation between the collocations use and the L2 learners' oral proficiency levels was investigated. The relationship between vocabulary range and distributions, and their fluency levels was examined as well. The results of this study indicated that students with higher language proficiency level produced relatively more collocations, which confirms that L2 learners' fluency or nativelikeness is highly relevant to the correct use of collocations. The results also showed that the more fluent speakers produced more tokens and types. This study demonstrated a meaningful examination of the spoken data of EFL learners by employing corpus linguistic approach to data analysis. Also, it may help teachers and practitioners provide meaningful and significant data-driven input to L2 learners in their efforts to enhance the learners' English fluency through assessing the learners' oral proficiency levels on the basis of their correct use of collocations.
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This paper aims to emphasize the importance of collocations in English language education and assessment, examining the correct use of collocations and vocabulary range and distributions in the learner corpora of EFL university students in Korea, as a means of measuring their communicative competence. The correlation between the collocations use and the L2 learners' oral proficiency levels was investigated. The relationship between vocabulary range and distributions, and their fluency levels was examined as well. The results of this study indicated that students with higher language proficiency level produced relatively more collocations, which confirms that L2 learners' fluency or nativelikeness is highly relevant to the correct use of collocations. The results also showed that the more fluent speakers produced more tokens and types. This study demonstrated a meaningful examination of the spoken data of EFL learners by employing corpus linguistic approach to data analysis. Also, it may help teachers and practitioners provide meaningful and significant data-driven input to L2 learners in their efforts to enhance the learners' English fluency through assessing the learners' oral proficiency levels on the basis of their correct use of collocations.
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