A study on common errors related to the usage of
DO and MAKE collocations by English non-
major students at Thai Nguyen University of
Economics and Business Administration
(TUEBA) Phạm Thị Ngà Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ
Luận văn Thạc sĩ ngành: English linguistics; Mã số: 60 22 15
Người hướng dẫn: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Võ Đại Quang
Năm bảo vệ: 2012 Abstract. The students at Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business
Administration as EFL learners often use uncommon phrasing patterns which make native
English speakers find it harder to understand. This thesis investigated common errors
occurred when the student used collocations with DO and MAKE in the “verb + noun”
pattern. Three types of tests were employed as the data collection instruments. The results
collected from the students’ tests represented the current state of error types as well as
confirmed the low vocabulary proficiency among students. It was found that errors were
made when students did not understand the constituents of the collocations. Studying
another type of error in different patterns could be necessary for future research.

Keywords. Ngôn ngữ; Tiếng Anh; Ngữ pháp

Content
1. Rationale of the study
“No piece of natural spoken or written English is totally free of collocation” (OCD, 2009).

rationale behind the study. It also presents the aims, objectives, the significance as well as scope of
the study. Part B is divided into three chapters; chapter 1 both reviewed some previous studies
related to the research area of the thesis and provides theoretical background to the concerning
matters. In chapter 2, the methodology of the thesis including research-governing principles and
research methods are introduced. Chapter 3 analyzes data collected from the students’ tests.
Additionally, some significant findings of the study are written up and discussed.
Part C concludes the main issues which dealt with in the previous parts. Accordingly, some
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