Supporting collocation learning with a digital library

Wu, S., Franken, M., Witten, I. (2010). Supporting collocation learning with a digital library. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 23(1). p87-110.

Overview
utility of collocations in learning a second language
some words are only slightly differentiated by their dictionary meaning
highly differentiated by how they are commonly used
collocation knowledge is difficult to acquire, so much of it
there are a variety of suggested methods for teaching collocations
structured around noticing, retrieval and generation ideas from Nation.
use software to identify collocations out of the digital library corpus
identify collocations in a text through highlighting
cherry-picking - how students gather useful collocations while reading
use a variety of exercises to repeatedly expose the students to the collocations