TY - BOOK ID - 69074669 TI - Collocations and action research : learning vocabulary through collocations PY - 2018 SN - 1350049867 1350126667 1350049891 1350049883 1350049875 9781350049888 9781350049871 9781350049895 9781350049864 9781350049864 PB - London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Collocation (Linguistics) KW - Language and languages KW - Lexicology. KW - Second language acquisition KW - Research. KW - Word frequency KW - Research KW - Methodology. KW - Second language learning KW - Language acquisition KW - English language KW - Foreign languages KW - Languages KW - Anthropology KW - Communication KW - Ethnology KW - Information theory KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - Philology KW - Linguistics KW - Semantics KW - Semantic prosody KW - Lexicology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69074669 AB - Collocations and Action Research is a thorough investigation of both the theory and practice behind improving second language learners' vocabulary and fluency through the teaching of multi-word units of language. Taking these collocations as its focus, this book provides a clear and in-depth description of the cognitive processing language learners go through when producing speech in relation to them. Using the findings of a two-year action research study into improving learners' spoken fluency, Joshua Brook Antle also explores the practical sides of collocations, explaining how the research study was constructed and conducted. Orientating the findings within the larger field of second language acquisition, especially within the L2 classroom, the practical applications of the findings are then presented through a series of pedagogical tasks all focusing on collocations and productive fluency.Providing a template for how to conduct an action research study using both qualitative and quantitative research techniques, Collocations and Action Research will appeal to researchers interested in vocabulary and spoken fluency, as well as language instructors wanting to better understand the nature of vocabulary and spoken discourse. ER -