Learning collocations: to help read a text.

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Abstract (Summary)

This study is about multi-word lexical units which have referential meaning, i.e., each unit is used as a name. In an English teaching classroom for Brazilian students it was noticed that making students aware of such lexical units may help them read a text.

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Bibliographical Information:

Advisor:Stella Esther Ortweiler Tagnin; Walkyria Maria Monte Mór; Antonio Paulo Berber Sardinha; John Robert Schmitz; Lynn Mario Trindade Menezes de Souza; Stella Esther Ortweiler Tagnin

School:Universidade de São Paulo

School Location:Brazil

Source Type:Master's Thesis

Keywords:collocations convencionalidade conventionality English language teaching multi-word lexical units reading second

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Date of Publication:08/27/2001