The Awareness of Phrasal Verb Collocations of Third Year (EIC) Major Students at Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Surin Campus

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the collocation awareness of  3rd Year English  as an International Communication (EIC) major students at Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Surin Campus.  The subjects of this study were 16 good language ability students and 14 limited language ability ones. They were studying in the first semester of the academic year 2018.  The research tool was a translation test which contained 20 items of phrasal verb collocations.

                        The results indicated that although a large number (86.66%) of subjects could pass the test, the mean scores of good and limited language ability subjects were 13.56 and 13.36 respectively.  This could be an indication that EIC students at Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Surin Campus were moderately aware of English collocations.