VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INFERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDLES PHAM THINGA A STUDY ON COMMON ERRORS RELATED TO TITE USAGE OF DO AND MAKE COLLOCATIONS BY ENGLISH NON-MAJOR STUDENTS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (NGHIEN CUU VE NHUNG LOI THUONG GAP TRONG VIEC DUNG QUAN NGU CITUA DONG TU DO VA MAKE CXIA SINII VIN KIIONG CIIUYEN TIENG ANTI Ở TRƯỞNG ĐẠI HỌC KINH TẾ & QUẦN TRI KINH DOANH THAT NGUYEN) M. MINOR THESIS Hanoi - 2012 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INFERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDLES PHAM THINGA A STUDY ON COMMON ERRORS RELATED TO TIE USAGE OF DO AND MAKE COLLOCATIONS BY ENGLISH NON-MAJOR STUDENTS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (NGHIÊN CỬU VẺ NHỮNG LỒI THƯỜNG GẶP TRONG VIEC DITSG QUAN NGỮ CHUA DONG TU DO VA MAKE CUA SINH VIEN KHONG CHUYEN TIENG ANH G TRUONG DAI HOC KINH TE & QUAN TRI KINH DOANH THAI NGUYEN) M. MINOR TITESIS: FIELD: ENGLISIT LINGUISTICS. VO BAI QUANG Ha noi - 2012 TABLE OF CONTENT Page Part A: INTRODUCTION 02.
1, Rationale of the study 2, Aims and objectives of the study 3. Scope of the study. Significance of the study 5. Structure of the stUỦy.
nh nà nhe Part B: DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: Literature Review 1. Review of previous studies related to the research arca of the thesis .3 Related research 3 AAA 1. Types of collocations 13 23, Characteristics of collocations 16 2.4, Collocations, free compounds, and idioms 1? 2. Collecations with Do and Make 3.
Research — governing principles 2. Principle/criteria for intended data collection and data analysis 2. Major methods and supporting methods 2. Data collection instruments.
Data analysis teclniques. Summary Chapter 3: Analysis, Findings and Discussion 3. Criteria for classification of the findings 3. Finding 1 & Discussion on this finding.
inding 2 & Discussion on this finding.4, Finding 3 & Discussion on this finding 3.5, Summary Part C: CONCLUSION. Concluding remarks on objective 1 2. Concluding remarks on objective 2. Definition of key technical terms In this thesis, the key technical terms are to be employed in the senses as stated below: i.
Exror = Misuse or breach of the code arising from incompetence in the target language iL Context — the eurcumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in Lerms of which it can be fully understood (Oxford Dictionary) iii Pragmatic meaning = Meaning in context iv. Collocation= a group of words or phrase which is frequently used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives, but might not be expected from the meaning (CALD, 2005) 1. Rationale of the study “No piece of natural spoken or written Linglish is totally free of collocation” (OCD, 2009). Therefore, learning collocation is important for EFL leamers.
For students, choosing the right collocation will make his/her speech and writing sound much more natural, more native-speaker-like. Poor collocation in exams is also likely to lead to lower marks. However, during the time working as a teacher of English at Thai Nguyen University of Eoonomics and Business Admini: ation (TURBA), T have found out that English non- major students at different levels often make mistakes in using NO and MAKE collocations. For this reason, I decided to choose this as the theme for my MA thesis.
Aims and objectives of the study The ultimate purposes of (he research are ito help English non-major students gain an insight into DO and MAKE collocations. To examine the influenced factors 0 possible errors made by the studerits iii Yo improve my own teaching of English at ‘T'UEBA To achieve these aims, the following objectives are pursued forward: © [Establishing the types of errors related to DO and MAKT collocations commonly committed by English non-majar sinderts al. TURBA Finding out the causes of students’ errors related to the usage of DO and MAKE collocations. «® Working out possible solutions to the problems encourilered Dy students in using collocations with DO and MAKE.
Scope of the study Tho survey was conducted at TUEBA. The population was nol large, only 300 Accounting students who were al. pre-intermediate Ievel of English. Only errors related to the uses of DO and MAKE collocations in the form of “verb + noun” pattem were taken into consideration, List of abbreviations CALD: Cambridge Advanced Learners’ Dictionary CUB: Cambridge University Press OCD: Oxford Collocations Dictionary OCU: Oxford Collocations in Use OUP: Oxford University Press TƯBBA: Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Adttinistration List of abbreviations CALD: Cambridge Advanced Learners’ Dictionary CUB: Cambridge University Press OCD: Oxford Collocations Dictionary OCU: Oxford Collocations in Use OUP: Oxford University Press TƯBBA: Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Adttinistration 1.
Rationale of the study “No piece of natural spoken or written Linglish is totally free of collocation” (OCD, 2009). Therefore, learning collocation is important for EFL leamers. For students, choosing the right collocation will make his/her speech and writing sound much more natural, more native-speaker-like. Poor collocation in exams is also likely to lead to lower marks.
However, during the time working as a teacher of English at Thai Nguyen University of Eoonomics and Business Admini: ation (TURBA), T have found out that English non- major students at different levels often make mistakes in using NO and MAKE collocations. For this reason, I decided to choose this as the theme for my MA thesis. Aims and objectives of the study The ultimate purposes of (he research are ito help English non-major students gain an insight into DO and MAKE collocations. To examine the influenced factors 0 possible errors made by the studerits iii Yo improve my own teaching of English at ‘T'UEBA To achieve these aims, the following objectives are pursued forward: © [Establishing the types of errors related to DO and MAKT collocations commonly committed by English non-majar sinderts al.
TURBA Finding out the causes of students’ errors related to the usage of DO and MAKE collocations. «® Working out possible solutions to the problems encourilered Dy students in using collocations with DO and MAKE. Scope of the study Tho survey was conducted at TUEBA. The population was nol large, only 300 Accounting students who were al.
pre-intermediate Ievel of English. Only errors related to the uses of DO and MAKE collocations in the form of “verb + noun” pattem were taken into consideration, List of Tables Table 1: Collocations under investigation in the thesis Table 2: Nouns as object constituent in DO collocatians Table 3: Nouns as object constituent in MAKE collocatians Table 4: A summary of the results of the test on learmers’ understanding of DO meanings Table 5. A summary of the results of the test on learners’ understanding of MAKE meanings ‘Table 6: A summary of the results of the test on leamers’ understanding of nouns as object constituent in DO collocations Table 7: A summary of the results of the test on leamers’ understanding of nouns as object constituent in MAKE collocations Table 8 A summary of the results of the test on learners’ use of both DO and MAKE Definition of key technical terms In this thesis, the key technical terms are to be employed in the senses as stated below: i. Exror = Misuse or breach of the code arising from incompetence in the target language iL Context — the eurcumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in Lerms of which it can be fully understood (Oxford Dictionary) iii Pragmatic meaning = Meaning in context iv.
Collocation= a group of words or phrase which is frequently used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives, but might not be expected from the meaning (CALD, 2005) List of Tables Table 1: Collocations under investigation in the thesis Table 2: Nouns as object constituent in DO collocatians Table 3: Nouns as object constituent in MAKE collocatians Table 4: A summary of the results of the test on learmers’ understanding of DO meanings Table 5. A summary of the results of the test on learners’ understanding of MAKE meanings ‘Table 6: A summary of the results of the test on leamers’ understanding of nouns as object constituent in DO collocations Table 7: A summary of the results of the test on leamers’ understanding of nouns as object constituent in MAKE collocations Table 8 A summary of the results of the test on learners’ use of both DO and MAKE Part A: INTRODUCTION List of Tables Table 1: Collocations under investigation in the thesis Table 2: Nouns as object constituent in DO collocatians Table 3: Nouns as object constituent in MAKE collocatians Table 4: A summary of the results of the test on learmers’ understanding of DO meanings Table 5. A summary of the results of the test on learners’ understanding of MAKE meanings ‘Table 6: A summary of the results of the test on leamers’ understanding of nouns as object constituent in DO collocations Table 7: A summary of the results of the test on leamers’ understanding of nouns as object constituent in MAKE collocations Table 8 A summary of the results of the test on learners’ use of both DO and MAKE List of abbreviations CALD: Cambridge Advanced Learners’ Dictionary CUB: Cambridge University Press OCD: Oxford Collocations Dictionary OCU: Oxford Collocations in Use OUP: Oxford University Press TƯBBA: Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Adttinistration 3. Research — governing principles 2.
Principle/criteria for intended data collection and data analysis 2. Major methods and supporting methods 2. Data collection instruments. Data analysis teclniques.
Summary Chapter 3: Analysis, Findings and Discussion 3. Criteria for classification of the findings 3. Finding 1 & Discussion on this finding. inding 2 & Discussion on this finding.4, Finding 3 & Discussion on this finding 3.5, Summary Part C: CONCLUSION.
Concluding remarks on objective 1 2. Concluding remarks on objective 2. Concluding remarks on objective 3. Limitations of the study.
4, Suggestions for further studies REFERENCES. Appendix 1: Tel 1 Appendix + Test 2. Appendix : Test 3 Appendix 4 Tables of the collocalions under myesligalion vị List of Tables Table 1: Collocations under investigation in the thesis Table 2: Nouns as object constituent in DO collocatians Table 3: Nouns as object constituent in MAKE collocatians Table 4: A summary of the results of the test on learmers’ understanding of DO meanings Table 5. A summary of the results of the test on learners’ understanding of MAKE meanings ‘Table 6: A summary of the results of the test on leamers’ understanding of nouns as object constituent in DO collocations Table 7: A summary of the results of the test on leamers’ understanding of nouns as object constituent in MAKE collocations Table 8 A summary of the results of the test on learners’ use of both DO and MAKE 2.
Concluding remarks on objective 3. Limitations of the study. 4, Suggestions for further studies REFERENCES. Appendix 1: Tel 1 Appendix + Test 2.
Appendix : Test 3 Appendix 4 Tables of the collocalions under myesligalion vị 1. Rationale of the study “No piece of natural spoken or written Linglish is totally free of collocation” (OCD, 2009). Therefore, learning collocation is important for EFL leamers. For students, choosing the right collocation will make his/her speech and writing sound much more natural, more native-speaker-like.
Poor collocation in exams is also likely to lead to lower marks. However, during the time working as a teacher of English at Thai Nguyen University of Eoonomics and Business Admini: ation (TURBA), T have found out that English non- major students at different levels often make mistakes in using NO and MAKE collocations. For this reason, I decided to choose this as the theme for my MA thesis.