The effect of collocations and phrasal verbs on EFL learners' writing skill with a focus on attitude

This study sought to investigate the effect of collocations and phrasal verbs as language chunks on the writing skill of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. Moreover, the researchers intended to find out the attitude of learners towards writing after they learned collocations and phrasal verbs. To achieve the objectives, 30 Iranian EFL learners whose age ranged between 18 and 26 and who were all native speakers of Persian were selected. The instruments used for data collection included: Quick Placement Test (QPT), writing pretest and posttest and an attitude questionnaire. Findings revealed that collocations and phrasal verbs had effects on the writing skill of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. Furthermore, it was indicated that the learners' attitude increased in the course of this experimental study, indicating that learning collocations and phrasal verbs had significantly positive impacts on the attitudes of Iranian EFL learners towards writing skill. The findings of this study have implications for EFL teachers and learners as well as translators.