Collocations in CALL: an investigation of vocabulary-building software for EFL
In this paper, CALL software for English vocabulary-learning is tested as to its usefulness for learning collocations. Our analysis of seven commercially available programs - most of them for German-speaking learners - shows that, so far, collocations have been largely neglected in CALL. A number of...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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09 August 2002
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Computer assisted language learning
Year: 2002, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 251-279 |
| ISSN: | 1744-3210 |
| DOI: | 10.1076/call.15.3.251.8190 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1076/call.15.3.251.8190
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| Author Notes: | Nadja Nesselhauf, Cornelia Tschichold |
| Summary: | In this paper, CALL software for English vocabulary-learning is tested as to its usefulness for learning collocations. Our analysis of seven commercially available programs - most of them for German-speaking learners - shows that, so far, collocations have been largely neglected in CALL. A number of suggestions are made for collocational exercises that are likely to be both useful for the learner and easy to implement in a CALL program. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 15.08.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1744-3210 |
| DOI: | 10.1076/call.15.3.251.8190 |