Effective Teaching of High Frequency Collocational Word-Combinations in The Lion King Animation

In this study, the main aim is to investigate the general usage of lexical items and collocational word combinations used in The Lion King (1994) animation in accordance with the frequency level. In addition, there is an insightful exploration of how these collocational word-formations should be dealt with in order to maximize students' learning in second language teaching. To answer these research questions, the range and frequency corpus programme was adopted to show the total words occurring with high frequency verbs and collocational combinations in The Lion King. In comparing the level of word usage, there was a statistical comparison with the list of 736 recommended words for elementary school students suggested by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Korea (MEST, 2008). The study suggests that since the simple and low level of words are spoken throughout the text, it may be an appropriate material to achieve the pedagogical goals such as teaching basic vocabulary and collocational word usages useful for developing communicative competence. It is a crucial part of the study to present the appropriate level of teaching material containing recommended words and pedagogical implications of teaching collocational combinations using animations in ELT and EFL situations.