An investigation of grammatical collocations among English majors at Mu’tah University
Other Title(s)
التحقق من قدرة قبل طلبة تخصص اللغة الإنجليزية في جامعة مؤتة على استخدام المتلازمات القواعدية للغة الإنجليزية
Dissertant
al-Halalmeh, Bahjat Ahmad Rabi
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
al-Rashdan, Bashshar Shahir
al-Jamal, Dina Abd al-Hamid Salih
al-Umari, Layla Muhammad
University
Mutah University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2011
English Abstract
This study aims at investigating grammatical collocations with respect to:١- familiarity of English majors at Mu’tah University with grammatical collocations and the sources of the problems of their use.
٢- the most problematic categories of grammatical collocations suggested by Benson, M., Benson, E.
& Ilson, R.
(١٩٩٧).
٣- the differences between the students’ productive and receptive knowledge of grammatical collocations.
The sample of the study consisted of ٥٠ Jordanian English majors from the fourth year level at Mu’tah University.
The data were collected through the use of two tasks: a fill-in- the blank test and a multiple choice test.
The results of the study are: firstly, students majoring in English at Mu’tah University were not adequately familiar with grammatical collocations.
The participants attributed their poor knowledge of grammatical collocations to the lack of courses in the Department of English language at Mu’tah University about grammatical collocations.
Secondly, The most problematic grammatical categories were noun + that clause and adjective + that clause.
Thirdly, results showed that the participants’ competence of grammatical collocations was better than their performance.
In light of these results, the study suggested a number of pedagogical implications.
Courses that have collocations should be provided to students majoring in English at Mu’tah University
Main Subjects
Topics
No. of Pages
57
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Chapter one : Background of study.
Chapter two : Literature review.
Chapter three : Design and methodology.
Chapter four : Findings and discussions and conclusions.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Halalmeh, Bahjat Ahmad Rabi. (2011). An investigation of grammatical collocations among English majors at Mu’tah University. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-303684
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Halalmeh, Bahjat Ahmad Rabi. An investigation of grammatical collocations among English majors at Mu’tah University. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University. (2011).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-303684
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Halalmeh, Bahjat Ahmad Rabi. (2011). An investigation of grammatical collocations among English majors at Mu’tah University. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-303684
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-303684
