Chapter 1 the study of collocations

 
 
CHAPTER 3 
 
METHODOLOGY FOR THE PRESENT STUDY 
 
3.0  Introduction 
 
 
This chapter specifies the methodology of the present study.  It describes 
the development of the testing materials, the data collection procedures, the 
coding and scoring of the data, and the analyses to be performed in order to 
test the two predictions: 
 
 
1. 
There are stable patterns in the development of  
collocational 
knowledge across language proficiency levels. 
 
 
2. 
There are stable patterns in the development of  
collocational 
knowledge within proficiency levels. 
 
3.1  Analysis of the Teaching Materials 
 
 
For the purposes of the present study an initial analysis and 
classification of the collocations found in three textbooks, namely Task Way 
 
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English 1, 2 & 3, was performed.  These textbooks are used in all the State 
Junior High Schools in Greece for the teaching of English. 
 The 
Task Way English(TWE) series was designed by a five member 
English Language Teaching (ELT) committee appointed by the Greek Ministry 
of Education.  All the members of the committee were Greek and their aim was 
to design a series of textbooks for the teaching of English in the State Junior 
High Schools that will meet the interests and needs of Greek students.