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A STUDY ON ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS USED BY THAI STUDENTS IN
WRITING THESIS AT ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT OF
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
THESIS
By:
WASAN ANANTAKHAL
201510100311230
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2019
A STUDY ON ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS USED BY THAI STUDENTS IN
WRITING THESIS AT ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT OF
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Language Education
By:
WASAN ANANTAKHAL
201510100311230
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Approval .............................................................................................................. iii
Mottos And Dedications ..................................................................................... iv
Letter of Authenticity .......................................................................................... v
Abstract ............................................................................................................... vi
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................. vii
Table of Contents ................................................................................................ viii
List of Table ........................................................................................................ ix
List of Appendices .............................................................................................. x
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Research Background............................................................................... 1
1.2 Research Problem .................................................................................... 4
1.3 Research Objectives ................................................................................. 4
1.4 Research Significance .............................................................................. 4
1.5 Scope and Limitation ............................................................................... 5
1.6 Definition of Key terms ........................................................................... 5
CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Academic Writing .................................................................................... 7
2.2 Thesis Writing .......................................................................................... 8
2.3 Collocations ............................................................................................. 9
2.4 English Collocations in EFL Context ...................................................... 10
2.5 Classifications of English Collocations ................................................... 11
2.6 Thai students’ ability about collocations ................................................. 13
CHAPTER III: Research Method
3.1 Research Design ....................................................................................... 16
3.2 Research Subject ...................................................................................... 16
3.3 Research Instrument ................................................................................. 17
3.3.1 Researcher (Human Instrument) ..................................................... 17
3.3.2 Document ........................................................................................ 18
3.4 Data Collection......................................................................................... 18
3.5 Data Analysis ........................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Research Finding ...................................................................................... 22
4.2 Discussion ................................................................................................ 30
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................... 33
5.2 Suggestion ................................................................................................ 34
REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 36
APPENDICES ...................................................................................................... 41
LIST OF TABLE
Table 1-Collocation with Adverb + Adjective ...................................................... 23
Table 2-Collocation with Adjective + Noun ......................................................... 24
Table 3-Collocation with Noun + Verb ................................................................ 25
Table 4-Collocation with Verb + Noun ................................................................ 26
Table 5-Collocation with Verb + Preposition ....................................................... 27
Table 6-Collocation with Adjective + Preposition ............................................... 28
Table 7-Collocation with Noun + Particular form of verb .................................... 29
LIST OF APPENDIX
Appendix 1- Collocation in all theses ................................................................. 42
Appendix 2- Collocation in Chahidah Chetae’s thesis ....................................... 61
Appendix 3- Collocation in Anisah Cheha’s thesis ............................................ 71
Appendix 4- Collocation in Wandee Mudo’s thesis ........................................... 82
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