WHY ARE COLLOCATIONS SO IMPORTANT IN LANGUAGE LEARNING?

Abstract

Recent developments in linguistics have forced the methodologists to change their
ew of language. They consider it is time for a re-valuation of many of the accepted
deas about teaching and learning. One of them is the idea on collocation.
In this paper we wish to demonstrate that lexis is one of the central organizing
rinciples of the syllabus and concentrate on some important issues of its implications
or teaching and learning English.