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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Hauptverfasser: Nesselhauf, Nadja (VerfasserIn) , Tschichold, Cornelia (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 09 August 2002
In: Computer assisted language learning
Year: 2002, Jahrgang: 15, Heft: 3, Pages: 251-279
ISSN:1744-3210
DOI:10.1076/call.15.3.251.8190
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Verfasserangaben:Nadja Nesselhauf, Cornelia Tschichold
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISSN:1744-3210
DOI:10.1076/call.15.3.251.8190