AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LEXICAL COLLOCATION IN TRANSACTIONAL SPEAKING AMONG STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT ALAUDDIN STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR

Abstract

This study focused on the use of lexical collocations in transactional speaking
 skills of final year students majoring in English. This study aimed to determine the
 students ability in using lexical collocation and identifiy its type in their transactional
 speaking. The study conducted in Alauddin State Islamic University of Makassar. The
 subject of this study were the final year students of English Education Department.
 These students can be categorized as the intermediate learners of English because they
 took speaking lectures one to three. It was important for their collocational knowledge
 to be native-like. This study used a qualitative method. Researcher used interview as
 the data collection tool. Then, the researcher analysed the transcript of the interview.
 In analysing, researcher determined the collocation words and the types too, used
 Oxford online collocation dictionary to check whether the collocation were true or
 not. The findings showed that the students used English lexical collocations in their
 transactional speaking. Researcher found 179 English lexical collocations are used by
 the students. 81 of those collocations are correct. Researcher also found that they used
 four types from total 6 types (based on Benson&Ilson) of English lexical collocation
 which they tend to use the type 1 than the other types. The study therefore suggested
 that the teacher and students should more concerned about the collocational
 knowledge in this case lexical collocation.