ERIC Number: EJ948622
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-8322
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The Academic Word List 10 Years on: Research and Teaching Implications
Coxhead, Averil
TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, v45 n2 p355-362 Jun 2011
The Academic Word List (AWL) is now widely used in English for academic purposes (EAP) classrooms in many countries, in a wide range of materials, in vocabulary tests, and as a major resource for researchers. In this article the author reflects on the impact of the AWL by looking at commonly asked questions about the list: What is the AWL? Is the AWL useful/ adequate for a range of learners' needs? How can teachers help students learn academic vocabulary? What materials using the AWL are available? And finally, When is AWL going to be updated? (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Word Lists, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Academic Discourse, Instructional Materials, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Computational Linguistics
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