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Abstract
This study investigates the influence of using five web-based practice units on English verb-noun collocations with the design of a web-based Chinese-English bilingual concordancer (keyword retrieval program) on collocation learning. Thirty-two college EFL students participated by taking a pre-test and two post-tests, and responding to a background questionnaire and an evaluation questionnaire. Results indicated that learners made significant collocation improvement immediately after the online practice but regressed later. Yet, the final performance was still better than students' entry level. Different verb-noun collocation types and learners with different prior collocation knowledge were found to be not equally receptive to the practice effects. Both the online instructional units and the concordancer were acceptable to most participants.
Acknowledgements
The study was funded by the National Science Council in Taiwan under the project number NSC92-2524-S007-2. The authors would like to express their gratitude to Dr Yuli Yeh, Dr Chih-Cheng Lin, Dr Jason S. Chang, Hung-Tzu Huang, and the anonymous reviewers of Computer Assisted Language Learning for their comments on this paper. Research assistants and participating students involved in the study are also acknowledged.