The present study explores the effectiveness of Nizonkiza's Collocation Web Model (CWM) while
teaching collocations. Nizonkiza claimed that the model could be used while teaching both
academic and general vocabulary which this study aimed to assess. Participants BAC2 and BAC3
English majors from the Department of English Language and Literature (DELL) of the University
of Burundi were administered collocation tests in a pre- and post-experimental design. They
were presented with tests before and after being exposed to collocation-based syllabi through
Nizonkiza's CWM with academic vocabulary selected from the AWL and general vocabulary selected
from Nations 2000 word-band. Their collocations were selected from the Oxford Online
Collocation Dictionary (2002). A sample of participants answered a questionnaire as well in
order to obtain their assessment of the model.
