AN EVALUATION OF ENGLISH COLLOCATION USAGE BARRIERS FACED BY COLLEGE STUDENTS OF RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN

Abstract

The study intends to explain the problems of English collocational use faced by the both public and private college students in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and recommends some authentic ways that will help in removing the learning barriers in the light of the concerned pedagogical issues. It will not only help the students to improve their knowledge of the phenomena but will also enlighten the target teachers about the significance of authentic collocational use that how it naturalizes both written and spoken expressions. Data, from both the undergraduate level of students and teachers, has been collected with the help of open/close ended questionnaires to unearth the genuine cause/s and supplement them with the required solutions rooted in the actual problems. The data qualifies for the analysis using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The students fail to use the authentic collocations owing to multiple reasons: lack of awareness about English collocational use, the improper teaching methodologies and inexpert teachers.