Knowledge of collocations was also measured as accuracy of response to the
translation and blank-filling tests. Between- and within-group differences in the
accuracy of responses were used as evidence of the development of collocational
knowledge in the three proficiency levels.
Subjects were tested on their ability to translate correctly sentences from
their L1 into English. Each sentence contained an English collocation that was
different from its equivalent in the learners' L1. The significant results for this set
of data are discussed below.
