Integrating lexical Collocations instruction into EFL writing classes at the Preparatory stage

This research aimed to integrate lexical collocations instruction into EFL writing classes at preparatory stage.The descriptive design was adopted.Based on the related literature review as the main source of data collection, the research attempted to identify the paragraph writing skills which second year preparatory students lack, pinpoint the collocations suitable for those students and provide aframework illustrating how to integrate lexical collocationsbased instruction into EFL writing instruction.The research is a concept paper adopting the descriptive analytical method.Findings of the related literature review revealed that the writing skills included(length, content, organization, grammar, vocabulary and writing mechanics) Findings also showed how to integrate lexical collocations-based instruction into the three stages of writing:(1) The Pre-writing Stage, (2) The Writing Stage and The Post-writing Stage.In addition, various recommendations and suggestionsfor further research were offered.