Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000) as the source of target vocabulary¶
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Description¶
The Academic Word List is organised into "10 sublists based on decreasing level of frequency" and "totally contained 3000 academic words." The study chose it because it highlights words university students encounter in academic texts, accounts for 10% of tokens in the academic corpus, and compensates for the low academic-word coverage (4.63%) of the participants' general English textbook. Target words were drawn from the headwords of the last 7 sublists, deemed suitable for the students' level.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Selection of headwords appropriate to learners' proficiency level
Constraints¶
- The first 3 sublists proved too easy for the participants and were excluded
Target Learners¶
- university freshmen preparing for ESP coursework
Learning Goals¶
- academic vocabulary knowledge
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Key Sources¶
- Minoo Alemi, Mohammad Reza Anani Sarab & Zahra Lari. (2012). Successful Learning of Academic Word List via MALL: Mobile Assisted Language Learning. International Education Studies, 5(6). https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v5n6p99
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Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000) as the source of target vocabulary |
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The Academic Word List is organised into "10 sublists based on decreasing level of frequency" and "totally contained 3000 academic words." The study chose it because it highlights words university students encounter i... |
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