The Academic Word List (AWL) by Averil Coxhead was prepared with a view to helping ESL learners and university students expand their academic vocabulary so that they can read and write academic texts in English better.
Features:
• Academic Word List consisting of 570 core academic words divided into 10 sub-lists in order of frequency
• General Service List consisting of 2,284 basic English words divided into 5 sub-lists in order of frequency
• AWL Highlighter - a program designed to help students learn academic vocabulary in context by highlighting academic words from any text pasted into it
• AWL Gapmaker - a program capable of creating tests from any academic text by replacing academic words with gaps
• Tips on how to use the Academic Word List, AWL Highlighter and AWL Gapmaker to learn and teach academic vocabulary
• Suggested sites for learning vocabulary for academic study
Site URL: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/index.htm
