TEACHING COLLOCATION USING LEXICAL APPROACH AS USED IN MADE FRIDA YULIA’S VOCABULARY: LEXICALLY-BASED SECOND THOUSANDS WORDS OF GENERAL SERVICE LIST BOOK

Abstrak

This research was to give insight to English teachers and practitioners who had
the same problem faced by the writer and his students especially dealing with the
lack of collocation. Moreover, this research inspired particularly those who
involved in teaching practices for how to improve their professionalism by
implementing Lexical-Based Approach in class activities and to find the solution
and hindrances for a better teaching technique in the future. For students who
had problems in collocation, this Lexical-Based Approach as used in Made Frida
Yulia’s Vocabulary: Lexically-Based Second Thousand Words of General Service
List book might improve the awareness toward lexical phrases, chunks and
collocations. For teachers and practitioners who want to use this Lexical-Based
Approach in the future could use bilingual explanation that is needed for
Indonesian students rather than monolingual explanation in English, try to create
a good note taking habit for lexical phrases as soon as possible, and use vivid
pictures or audio visuals to kill the boredom of the students.