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<journal-id>0123-4641</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0123-4641</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Ciencias y Educación de la Universidad Distrital, Bogotá Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0123-46412020000200183</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.14483/22487085.16023</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[A Study on Use of Collocation in Business Class Learners]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Un estudio sobre el uso de combinaciones de palabras en estudiantes de administración]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Suleman]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nazia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Deepa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sadia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Othman]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hussain]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ahmed]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ali]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zahid Abbas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Muhammad]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nawaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Muhammad Zahid]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nazar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Uzma]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shaheen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hina]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University Vehari Campus  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Pakistán</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University Vehari Campus  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Pakistán</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,My PBL Association  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Pakistán</country>
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<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,University Vehari Campus  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Pakistán</country>
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<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,University Vehari Campus  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Pakistán</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,University Vehari Campus  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Pakistán</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af7">
<institution><![CDATA[,University Vehari Campus  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Pakistán</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af8">
<institution><![CDATA[,University Vehari Campus  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Pakistán</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>183</fpage>
<lpage>193</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0123-46412020000200183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0123-46412020000200183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0123-46412020000200183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Previos estudios han informado de la falta de competencia en la ubicación y las dificultades entre los estudiantes de inglés como segunda lengua (ESL). Sin embargo, las combinaciones de palabras son cruciales en la adquisición de un segundo idioma. Esta investigación examinó el conocimiento receptivo y productivo de las combinaciones de palabras entre los estudiantes de administración de la Universidad COMSATS de Islamabad (Campus de Vehari) que estudiaron ESL. También investigó la brecha en el uso de estas combinaciones a nivel receptivo y productivo. La muestra incluyó 61 hombres y 39 mujeres, de un total de 100. Empleando un enfoque cuantitativo, recopilamos los datos mediante un cuestionario y dos pruebas de colocaciones, y los analizamos por medio del programa SPSS versión 20. El resultado general de la prueba de colocación indicó que el 66,4 % de los encuestados tenía la respuesta correcta a nivel receptivo y solo el 33,7 % a nivel productivo. Además, el resultado estadístico presentó una gran brecha en la capacidad de utilizar combinaciones de palabras en los niveles productivo y receptivo. Este resultado también afirmó que, a pesar de su capacidad para comprender las combinaciones de palabras, los estudiantes tenían dificultades para identificar con seguridad las combinaciones de palabras adecuadas en inglés. Las experiencias en el idioma local y nativo podrían ser una de las razones que hicieron que los estudiantes no tuvieran más confianza en identificar las combinaciones de palabras en inglés.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Previous studies have reported lack of collocational competence and difficulties among English as a second language (ESL) learners. However, collocation is crucial in second language acquisition. This research examined the receptive and productive knowledge of collocations among the business students of COMSATS University Islamabad Vehari Campus who studied ESL. It also investigated the gap in the use of collocations at a receptive and productive level. The sample included 61 males and 39 females out of the total sample size of 100. Employing a quantitative approach, we gathered the data through a questionnaire and two collocations tests, and we analysed them via SPSS version 20. The overall result of the collocation test indicated that 66.4% of the respondents had the correct answer at the receptive level compared with only 33.7% at the productive level. Moreover, the statistical result presented a great gap in the ability to utilise collocations at the productive and receptive levels. This result also affirmed that despite their ability to understand the collocations, the students had difficulties in identifying proper English collocations confidently. Local and native language experiences might be one of the reasons that caught the students from being more confident in identifying the English collocations.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[second language acquisition]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estudiantes de inglés como segunda lengua]]></kwd>
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