Investigating the role of multi-word expressions in writing proficiency and overall English language proficiency of EFL students at a Turkish university

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buir.advisorPeker, Hilal
dc.contributor.authorTorlak, Metin
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-15T06:50:46Z
dc.date.available2020-09-15T06:50:46Z
dc.date.copyright2020-09
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.date.submitted2020-09-11
dc.departmentM.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Languageen_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.): Bilkent University, Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2020.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 99-116).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between frequency values of multi-word expressions (MWEs) and the writing proficiency and overall proficiency of tertiary level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. The correlational study was conducted with 63 learners at the school of foreign languages of a state university in Ankara, Turkey. Having collected the essays written by the learners, the researcher applied a two-step item extraction method. After MWEs in the essays were tagged by two experienced raters, frequency-based association strength values were assigned to each phrase. The association strength values were obtained through a reference corpus to determine the MWEs accepted for regression analyses. The results indicated that proportion and mutual information scores of MWEs were significant predictors of the writing proficiency of the learners. Another finding of the study was that no relationship was found between proportion and mutual information scores of MWEs and the overall proficiency of the learners. As MWE frequency measures were predictive of writing proficiency, inclusion of MWEs thoroughly in EFL curricula might be suggested as an implication.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Metin Torlaken_US
dc.format.extentx, 144 leaves ; 30 cm.en_US
dc.identifier.itemidB160487
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/54027
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectMulti-word expressionsen_US
dc.subjectWriting proficiencyen_US
dc.subjectLanguage proficiencyen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the role of multi-word expressions in writing proficiency and overall English language proficiency of EFL students at a Turkish universityen_US
dc.title.alternativeÇok sözcüklü ifadelerin Türkiye’de bir üniversitede İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen öğrencilerin İngilizce genel yeterlik ve yazma yeterlikleri üzerindeki rolünün incelenmesien_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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