LIST OF COLLOCATIONS USED IN 2nd YEAR BAC TEXTBOOKS

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COLLOCATIONS Pages… Pages… Pages…
adult illiteracy 42 12 132
adult literacy 44,49 131
boarding school 38 16
brain drain Unit 10 Unit 8 Unit 5
civic education 83 7,98
common good 83 157
communication technology 39 56 133
critical thinking 38 28
cultural diversity 83 26
developed countries 142 40
developing countries 142,146,147 65,133,141,145,150 80,81,83
digital camera 129 50
educational system 38,44, 11,34,64,103 131
equal opportunity 68 11,34 18,67
equal rights U1p11 105,106
formal education Unit 3 Unit 1 Unit 9
gender gap 59 65
general assembly 112,117 118,150164
generation gap 41,15 28
have access 29,71,98, 65,83,153 134,135,146
have fun 26,27,47 16,42 61,107
health care 52,64,98 122 116,122,145,146
high priority 95 21,132
higher education 72,146, 12
human rights 69,72,73,99,112,119 49 116,117,127
informal education Unit 3 Unit 1 Unit 9
information technology 64 140
international organisations Unit 8 Unit 10 Unit 8
local community 102 95 119
look forward 15,88 98
make a mistake/mistakes 67 77,88 77,104
mobile phone 78,129,129,134 24,72,87, 16
natural disaster 116 U3p51
non-formal education Unit 3 Unit 1 Unit 9
non-governmental
organisations 53 63
note taking 39 113 7,66,75
old fashioned 9,78 25
pay attention 169 44,98, 129
problem solving 38 26
rural areas 40,46,53,54,55 150
school subject 92,138 11
secretary general 112,114,119 115,119,149
sense of humour 24,26,34 77,78,80,81,81 69,90,91,92
sustainable development Unit 4 Unit 9 Unit10
take care 63,79,89,94,100 91 18,175
take place 12,38,44,46,69 33,49,127,161 35,132,148,162
vacuum cleaner 129 62 97

N.B:
1. The figures show the pages where the collocation first appears in the textbooks.
2. This list is not exhaustive; other collocations might be common to the 3 textbooks.
3. The list shows also collocations common in 2 of the textbooks.
4. Special thanks to our supervisors coordinators, especially O. Merzouki, and to C. Nasri
who set out the first lists.
5. The list is based on the electronic versions of the textbooks- Thanks to the authors and A.
Chaibi.
M. Hammani.