In linguistics, collocations are divided into:
weak (weak): red car, bad weather,
medium-strength: make a mistake, nuclear family, a blinding light, accept the outcome, predict the future
strong: move to tears, ulterior motives, virtually impossible
unique (unique): foot the bill, shrug the shoulders
With all the variety of stable combinations, it is the collocations of the middle type that are the basis and make up the majority of oral and written speech in the English language.
The task of the teacher is to help students find typical significant and most frequently used collocations in the text and audio recordings. The teacher develops students' skills of independent work with the text and improves the regulatory skills of students.
In English lessons, it is necessary to pay more attention to lexical combinations of words when working with thematic texts. The main and indisputable argument in favor of studying collocations is the ability to speak correctly (speech sounds natural) and write in English. Another advantage of learning collocations is the expansion of vocabulary; speech becomes more figurative, expressive and lively.
As a rule, work with text follows a certain pattern:
warm up/revision
Lead-in (identifying the topic, predicting, and guessing)
Reading or Listening (for general information, for specific information, for detailed information
Discussion or Role play
Focus on Grammar or Vocabulary
practice
After discussing the semantic content of the text, general understanding and individual details, it is necessary to analyze the lexical and grammatical component of the text together with the students, which will contribute to the expansion and enrichment of the students' vocabulary.
Linguists emphasize the need to maintain a dictionary of set expressions, phrases and idioms, so it is important to decide in advance on what criteria to combine collocations.
George Woolard suggests combining collocations based on:
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