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 Academic Word List (AWL)

Academic Word List (AWL) list contains 570 word families which were selected because they appear with great frequency in a broad range of academic texts.

sector • available • financial • process • individual • specific • principle • estimate • variables • method • data • research • contract • environment • export • source • assessment • policy •identified • create • derived • factors • procedure • definition • assume • theory • benefit • evidence • established • authority • major • issues • labour • occur • economic • involved • percent• interpretation • consistent • income • structure • legal • concept • formula • section • required • constitutional • analysis • distribution • function • area • approach • role • legislation •indicate • response • period • context • significant • similar •

community • resident • range • construction • strategies • elements • previous • conclusion • security • aspects • acquisition • features • text • commission • regulations • computer • items• consumer • achieve • final • positive • evaluation • assistance • normal • relevant • distinction • region • traditional • impact • consequences • chapter • equation • appropriate • resources •participation • survey • potential • cultural • transfer • select •credit • affect • categories • perceived • sought • focus • purchase • injury • site • journal • primary • complex • institute •investment • administration • maintenance • design • obtained • restricted • conduct

comments • convention • published • framework • implies • negative • dominant • illustrated • outcomes • constant • shift • deduction • ensure • specified • justification • funds • reliance •physical • partnership • location • link • coordination • alternative • initial • validity • task • techniques • excluded • consent • proportion • demonstrate • reaction • criteria • minorities •technology • philosophy • removed • sex • compensation • sequence • corresponding • maximum • circumstances • instance • considerable • sufficient • corporate • interaction •contribution • immigration • component • constraints • technical • emphasis • scheme • layer • volume • document • registered • core •

overall • emerged • regime • implementation • project • hence • occupational • internal • goals • retained • sum • integration • mechanism • parallel • imposed • despite • job • parameters •approximate • label • concentration • principal • series • predicted • summary • attitudes • undertaken • cycle • communication • ethnic • hypothesis • professional • status • conference •attributed • annual • obvious • error • implications • apparent • commitment • subsequent • debate • dimensions • promote • statistics • option • domestic • output • access • code •investigation • phase • prior • granted • stress • civil • contrast • resolution • adequate •

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intelligence • transformation • presumption • acknowledged • utility • furthermore • accurate • diversity • attached • recovery • assigned • tapes • motivation • bond • edition • nevertheless •transport • cited • fees • scope • enhanced • incorporated • instructions • subsidiary • input • abstract • ministry • capable • expert • preceding • display • incentive • inhibition • trace •ignored • incidence • estate • cooperative • revealed • index • lecture • discrimination • overseas • explicit • aggregate • gender • underlying • brief • domain • rational • minimum • interval •neutral • migration • flexibility • federal • author • initiatives • allocation • exceed •

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The academic word list   (awl), a.w.l. –  academic word list download.

This is a download of the Academic Word List in PDF format. It contains 570 non-subject specific words, divided into 10 sublists based on frequency (sublist 1 = most frequent). Overall, including all word forms = 3,000 words.  Level: ** *** [B1/B2/C1] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

An introduction to the AWL (using synonyms)

Academic Vocabulary Lessons

Collocation (verbs / adjectives).

Collocation is words that go naturally together. This sheet refers students to use a collocation website (www.ozdic.com) to ensure fluency through the correct use of adjectives and verbs with key nouns [webpage].   Level ** ** * [B1/B2/C1]   TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

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Countable & Uncountable Nouns (general English)

Countable & uncountable nouns (general english).

A great lesson to improve students’ knowledge on countable and uncountable nouns. It begins with a matching activity with a variety of countable & uncountable nouns. It then includes a worksheet os sentences with common noun mistakes. This sheet reinforces quantifiers (some, any, a lot of, much, many, and phrases ‘a piece of..’ etc…). It finishes with a productive speaking activity [webpage]    example  Time: 30 mins   Level *** ** [ B1/B2/C1]       TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

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Countable & Uncountable Nouns (academic English)

Countable and uncountable nouns (Academic English)

This lesson helps improve students’ awareness of countable & uncountable nouns .  It includes a language review section, lots of guided practice and freer paragraph writing practice.   (example)  Time: 60mins.   Level *** ** [ B1/B2/C1]   TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Cohesion  & Coherence

This worksheet helps to consolidate what  ‘cohesion’ is with a focus on pronouns, word forms and summary nouns. It also includes a coherence sheet on key connections and two practice activities [webpage] . Example   Level: ** * ** [B2/C1]  TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Noun Phrases

Noun phrases worksheet 1, this lesson is a worksheet to highlight what noun phrases are and provides valuable practice. it focuses on the key concepts of quantifiers, adjectives and nouns, noun + noun, noun + preposition and noun phrase combinations  ( example ).   level *** ** [b2/c1]  teacher membership  /  institutional membership, noun phrases 2, noun phrases worksheet 2, this lesson is designed to help students write more concisely by using noun phrases. it takes students through a whole range of tasks including noticing the language in context, eight guided practice tasks and five freer practice activities. there’s a language review sheet included too. (see example ).   level *** ** [b2/c1]   teacher membership  / institutional membership, parallelism , parallelism worksheet: 8 exercises.

This worksheet provides an explanation of the key concepts of ‘parallelism’ and provides an error correction exercise to practise the key concepts. An awareness of this writing element really helps establish unity and readability in sentence structure. Example.   Level: ** * ** [B1/B2/C1]    TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Formality Vocabulary Lessons

Academic Style 1: 20 key features to writing 

This lesson brainstorms academic style / formality in writing. Teacher conducts feedback using visual highlighting and explaining the concepts. It follows with 10x practice exercises.   (Example)  Time: 60mins    Webpage link.  Level *** ** [ B1/B2/C1]  / TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Academic Style 2: Paragraph analysis, comparison and discussion

This lesson compares two paragraphs on CSR (informal and formal), discusses the conventions of academic style and finishes with a sentence re-writing activity. .  ( Example)  Time: 60mins.   Webpage link.   Level *** ** [ B1/B2/C1]  / / TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Academic Style 3: Vocabulary (AWL & Nominalisation)

This lesson focuses on two key areas of academic writing: AWL and nominalisation. There are three worksheets comprising of a number of different activities to practice categorisation and reformulation at sentence and paragraph level.  ( Example)  Time: 60mins. Webpage link.   Level *** ** [ B1/B2/C1]   /  TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Academic Style 4: STEM Vocabulary 2 (AWL & Nominalisation)

This lesson is for STEM classes (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). It focuses on two key areas of academic writing: AWL and nominalisation. There are three worksheets comprising of a number of different activities to practise categorisation and reformulation at sentence and paragraph level.  ( Example)  Time: 60mins.    / Webpage link  / Level  *** **  [ B1/B2/C1] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Hedging Language 1

Hedging #1: cautious l anguage exercises.

This  worksheet is for t eachers or students. It provides an overview of hedging / cautious language and 8 exercises to practise using hedging language to demonstrate caution.  ( example)   Level *** ** [ B1/B2/C1] .   TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Hedging Language 2

  Hedging #2:  Cautious / tentative language

This  lesson supports students in their understanding & use of cautious / tentative language.The lesson includes six tasks of guided practice & two tasks of freer practice  ( example )  Time: 60mins & homework.   Level *** ** [ B1/B2/C1] .  /  TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Nominalisation 

Nominalisation (verbs to nouns).

An introduction to nominalisation. This worksheet shows the basics of nominalising, practices changing verbs to nouns and includes three exercises from guided through to freer practice. This is a good writing practice activity with a fair amount of challenge for all levels. Example .   Level **** * [B1/B2/C1]  TEACHER MEMBERSHIP  /  INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

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English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises

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This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English grammar.

The exercises include the following areas:

• active vs passive, use of we
• articles ( a/an, the , zero) and quantifiers ( some, any, few etc.)
• conditionals and modals
• countable and uncountable nouns
• infinitive vs -ing form
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The exercises can also be integrated into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Special Purposes (ESP) courses at universities and research institutes.

English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar English for Writing Research Papers English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing

Adrian Wallwork edits scientific papers and teaches English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to PhD students. In addition to his many books for Springer, he has written course books for Oxford University Press and discussion books for Cambridge University Press.

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Front matter, nouns: plurals, countable versus uncountable, etc.

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Genitive: the possessive form of nouns

Indefinite article ( a / an ), definite article ( the ), and zero article (ø), quantifiers: some, any, little, few, a lot of, lots, much, many, relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose, what, present tenses, past tenses, future tenses, conditional forms: zero, first, second, third, mixed, passive versus active: impersonal versus personal forms, infinitive, - ing form (gerund), suggest, recommend, modal verbs, phrasal verbs, comparative and superlative forms, acronyms and abbreviations, authors and affiliations, about the author.

Adrian Wallwork  edits scientific papers and teaches English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to PhD students. In addition to his many books for Springer, he has written course books for Oxford University Press and discussion books for Cambridge University Press.

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Book Title : English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises

Authors : Adrian Wallwork

Series Title : English for Academic Research

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