I'm looking for a multiple choice test which assesses the collocational knowledge of EFL learners
I'm not sure if there is a published, validated test for pre-intermediate learners, but Read's Word Associates test and Mochizuki (http://ci.nii.ac.jp/els/110008512223.pdf?id=ART0009706978&type=pdf&lang=en&host=cinii&order_no=&ppv_type=0&lang_sw=&no=1429853651&cp=) might be useful if you end up having to make one.
Dear Mahboobeh'
I agree with Dr. Nodoushan . Besides, a previously validated test may not be reliable in the new context. Use Col Tech- an existing corpus on collocations used in technical contexts. Academic Word List (AWL) by Coxhead(2000) can help you make one of your own. You can then validate it by consulting with an expert of the field, and by pilot testing it on a similar sample, you can easily estimate its reliability.
Good luck with your research,
R. Biria
I'm interested to know your purpose in wanting to test collocational knowledge. Is it so as to measure the degree to which the students have an idiomatic command of English (sometimes referred to as 'idiomaticity')? My suggestions on reading (in addition to those above) would include work by Professors Paul Nation and Batia Laufer. Also a great many papers on collocation and related matters emanated from the University of Birmingham during the 1980s and 1990s when the late Professor John Sinclair was there. But you probably know all this already... Anyway, best of luck with your testing project!
I want to design a study to measure the Iranian EFL learners achievement in implicit versus explicit instruction of collocation. I have found a collocation knowledge measure which has been designed and validated By Mahmood Salimi (2011). This test may help me design my own test or select the target collocations which are going to be taught in the classroom.
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