AN ANALYSIS OF COLLOCATION FOUND IN IELTS WRITING TASK 1

Authors

  • Vicky Marta Octavian Universitas Bung Hatta
  • Diana Chitra Hasan Universitas Bung Hatta

Keywords:

Collocation, Lexical Collocation, Collocation Clash.

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to analyze the collocation used by Indonesian IELTS test-taker on IELTS Writing task 1. The researcher analyses the data by identifying lexical collocation and collocation clash based on conventional theory, iWeb14 Billion Word Web Corpus and lexical collocation formula by Benson et al. The source of the data was students’ answer for IELTS simulation Writing Task 1. There are three themes and these three tasks require the test takers to describe trend and comparison. The result shows that there are 74 lexical collocations and 37 collocations error found in task 1. This research revealed that collocation errors were caused by inter language error or interference from mother tongue and intra language error or overgeneralization.

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Published

2022-03-09

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): ARTIKEL ILMIAH MAHASISWA PRODI SASTRA INGGRIS

Section

Executive Summary

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