Teaching English collocations to enhance Thai students' speaking ability

The aims of this experimental study were 1) to find to what extent do English collocations enhance Grade 6 students’ speaking ability and 2) to investigate students’ opinions toward learning English collocations. The participants of this study were 12 Grade 6 Thai students at Ban Nakao School, Surin province. The research instruments consisted of speaking pretest and an opinion questionnaire. Three lesson plans: sports, daily routines and giving directions were used to teach English collocations. The data obtained was analyzed by using mean, standard deviation and percentage. The results showed that 1) the participants’ speaking ability were better after learning English collocations and 2) the participants had positive opinions toward learning English collocations.