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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