Academic VocabularyEquipping yourself with the relevant academic vocabulary will give youa head start in your university studies. Especially if you’re a second language learner of English, studying in a foreign language can be very difficult and time-consuming. In order to do well, you may want to consider the following ways of learning academic vocabulary more effectively and relevantly.You will need:The General Service List. The GSL is a list of general and basic vocabulary of English usedin order of frequency. It has been recognized and used quite extensively among second lan-guage learners of English for work and study. It was first created by West in 1953. Theversion used was then adapted by Baumann and Culligan in 1995. It contains almost 2,300words. The GSL here is divided into smaller sublists. Sublist 1 has the first 500 words. Sublist2 the next 500 words etc. For the complete word lists, refer to:/~alzsh3/acvocab/wordlists.htmSubject-related Word List. This is a list of words which is specific to your discipline ofstudies, for example, finance, accounting, education and others. The index at the back of yourtextbook is generally the best guide to the terms, concepts that are widely used in the subject.The index is a valuable guide to understanding the key concepts and terms used in a subject.So make good use of the book index. You may also want to consult this site for some additionalhelp and ideas. /vocab/select/selframs.htmThe Academic World List. The AWL is first developed by and compiled by Averil CoxheadVictoria University of Wellingtown, New Zealand. The AWL contains 10 sublists that include570 word families which appeared most frequently in academic texts. There are 60 words ineach sublist 1-9, and 30 in Sublist 10. Sublist one consists of the 60 mostly frequently ap-peared words in the academic texts and sublist two consists of the next 60 word families andso on.The academic corpus contained approximately3,500,000 active vocabulary taken from avariety of texts used and read across the faculties, spanning over more than 25 subject areas.The complete Academic Word list of 570 root words and their word families can beconveniently found in /vocab/select/awl.htm with a quick link to theirthe dictionary meanings. A note to mention is that the list here is arranged in alphabeticalorder and NOT by sublists. Nevertheless, this is a great site to learn the meanings of the AWLwords.Is there any shortcut in learning the AWL??There are gap-filling exercises that you could do to learn the academic words in their proper contexts and understanding. Besides learning the root word, learn the word families and how they could be correctly used in sentences e.g. the word “access” can be used as a noun as well as a verb.The word families of …access‟ are:accessed, accesses, accessibility, accessible, accessing, inaccessible.Ensure you have at least 80-85% correct answer in the each exercise of a sublist before you move on to the subsequent level. Start with exercises in sublist 1 and work your level up.Good luck!This website /id17.htm will take you step by step through the exercises.The following is taken from Sublist 6. Ex 1a1. Be sure you _____________ a recent photo to your passport application.2. There has been a noticeable drop in the _____________ of crime in the area since theteen centre opened up.3. If we all _____________, I’m sure we’ll be able to finish on time.4. It can be quite difficult to really define _____________ ideas, such as lover or friendship.5. My wife is quite _____________ because she practices yoga, and she does all theseposes to stretch her muscles.6. A group of volunteers _____________ to the needs of the victims of the tornado.7. I _____________ she was talking to me because she was looking right at me when shesaid it.8. The boss _____________ him to send the report out as soon as it was complete.9. Reading in English is an excellent way to _____________ your vocabulary.10. We made a _____________ of our baby’s first sounds to send to my parents.Words to choose from:tape abstract flexible incidence presumedcooperate attach instructed enhanced ministeredThe Academic Word Lists (AWL)Sublist 1 of the Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.Sublist 2 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the second most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus.Sublist 3 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the third most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.Sublist 4 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the fourth most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.Sublist 5 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the fourth most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.Sublist 6 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the fourth most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.Sublist 7 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the seventh most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.Sublist 8 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the eighth most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.Sublist 9 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the nighth most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.Sublist 10 of the Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in FamiliesThis sublist contains the least frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.References:Vocabulary Exercises for the Academic Word List: /vocab/vocfram.htmUniversity of Nottingham, Academic Vocabulary/~alzsh3/acvocab/index.htm Using English for Academic purposesPrepared by Study Skills Support Unit, Dean of Students. 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