Volume 29 Number 1, 2025 Leveraging COCA for teaching collocations with high mutual information scores: A practical approach

Leveraging COCA for teaching collocations with high mutual information scores: A practical approach

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Volume 29 Number 1, 2025
contributor.author:
Pham, Quy Huynh Phu
contributor.editor:
Matt Kessler
date.accessioned:
2025-06-26T01:07:37Z
date.available:
2025-06-26T01:07:37Z
date.copyright:
2025
date.issued:
2025-06-30
description.abstract:
Over the past decade, extensive research has explored collocations with high mutual information (MI) scores. However, second-language learners often struggle to incorporate these collocations into their writing due to a lack of awareness and limited practice opportunities. To address this challenge, the present article presents a 10-week writing course that integrates various activities using COCA, an online corpus tool, to enhance students’ awareness and use of collocations with high MI scores. By analyzing student essays and their reflections on class activities, the article examines the benefits and challenges of using COCA for the instruction of collocations with high MI scores in the English language classroom. Pedagogical recommendations are provided to refine instructional practices.
endingpage:
12
format.extent:
12
identifier.citation:
Pham, Q. H. P. (2025). Leveraging COCA for teaching collocations with high mutual information scores: A practical approach. Language Learning & Technology, 29(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73634
identifier.doi:
https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73634
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73634
language:
eng
llt.topic:
Technology in Practice
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73634/
startingpage:
1
subject:
COCA, MI scores, collocations with high MI scores
title:
Leveraging COCA for teaching collocations with high mutual information scores: A practical approach
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Column Text
volume:
29