INVESTIGATING COLLOCATION ERRORS OF PAKISTANI EFL LEARNERS

The purpose of this study is to contribute literature in the field for the researchers to do empirical analyses .The research points out collocation problems that Pakistani English as a foreign language (EFL) learners come across. This study is of a qualitative nature. The researcher has studied a great deal of literature to find out actual problems being confronted by EFL learners. In collocation problems, first language transfer seems to be the most dominant problem. In addition to first language (L I) transfer, the learners also use synonymy and overgeneralization which contribute to collocation digression in the target language.