Supporting Collocation Learning a data-driven approach Shaoqun Wu The university of Waikato look, see and watch injury and wound broad and wide? What are you doing tonight ? I am going to look TV. look TV or watch TV? Z Z Z Why do many students make little visible progress? They study hard. They know many words, including Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. They know Simple Present, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous tense … They know 20 different uses of the word as. … Do they know 10 common phrases associated with the word make? What is collocation? strong smoker heavy smoker powerful tea strong tea big rain heavy rain look book read a book one sex product disposable product horse horse tiger tiger people mountain people sea What is collocation? Choice of one word conditions the choice of the next, and of the next again John Sinclair How to learn collocations ? Collocation learning is difficult –too many of them –they are arbitrary No noticing, no learning Deliberate learning Use language resources Dear Jane You are very very very beautiful. I love you very much. Joe It would bring the heath healthproblem. problem Parents have a wide range of options to cultivate their children with a good art understanding http://flax.nzdl.org Library Learning collocations Web phrases Wikipedia collocations Text Checking