Abstract
The research is aimed to know lexical collocation in writing production committed by MAKES Member at al Markaz for Khudi Enlightening Studies (MAKES) Makassar. The result of this research is expected to give benefits for the EFL/ESL learner especially in using English collocation in all English skills. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The populaton of this research is about 30 respondents and sampling 15, period of 2015-2016. In this research the writer took only 4 selected writing productions to be analyzed. The analysis data indicated that there were lexical collocations in each informant’s writings. Although, there were a tendency of difficulty of informants to use lexical collocation type L3. These showed by the higher number of errors occurrence in this type. Moreover, the errors occurrence, in fact, mostly, affected by the lack of understanding of the using collocation, negative transfer from their native language and the improper way in assembling the two-words. It was stated that the MAKES members need to improve their English comprehensively, particularly the awareness of using the correct and effective lexical collocation in their writing production
Highlights
In the present age, the vast of information and technology rapidly demand people to be able to be master in foreign languages, English
After analyzing the data, the two followed Bar Charts would show the overview of collocation existed in Markaz for Khudi Enlightening Studies (MAKES) discussion papers
It is obviously seen in Bar chart I, there were lexical collocation committed by MAKES essays
Summary
The vast of information and technology rapidly demand people to be able to be master in foreign languages, English. It is widely used in all over the world. It is aimed to get beneficial within the global competition. English as Foreign Language (EFL) known consists of four skills, such as speaking, writing, listening and reading. In average, EFL learners assumed experience difficulties on composing writing. In Indonesia, in the beginning of educational degree until tertiary education levels, writing skill is taught
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