The AWL is a list of words which appear with high
frequency of English language academic texts. Averil Coxhead compiled this list
at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The list contains 570 words
within 10 sub lists. The sub lists are organized in less frequent by
chronologically. The AWL is useful to
all second language learners who wish to study in English-speaking institution
without concern about what their field of study. The AWL does not include
technical words. It does not contain generally used words and very high
frequency words also. It will help to improve the comprehension of academic
texts.
The AWL home page contains the several options on
right hand to create or practice the exercises easily. Those are Home,
Learning, AWL Highlighter, AWL Gapmaker, Teaching, Word Lists, Texts, Exercises,
Concordances and Links. In every option, there are detailed instructions and
information, also several links of useful sites. That’s why very easy to
access.
Learner:
Learners need to know this academic vocabulary for
their English-speaking institution. These words are very common and useful
which have frequently shown in newspaper, magazine, novel, television or movie
conversations. At first, learners should know the GSL (General Service List) which
contains 2000 basic words in English and then learn the AWL, which will
increase the understanding of vocabulary 10% in academic texts.
AWL home page contains around 285 gap-fill exercises
and these can be found on each sublist page. Gap-fill exercises help to recycle
vocabulary through different contexts in an excellent way. It can be used to broaden
the learner’s range of understanding the meaning of vocabulary. Learners can
get the immediate feedback for their answers because it’s online based. Learners
can tell teacher to check their writing.
Teacher:
Vocabulary exercises on this website were created by
using Gerry’s Vocabulary Teacher(www.cpr4esl.com/gerrys_vocab_teacher/). Teachers can download the demo from this
website. The program will allow quick and easy review on AWL vocabulary in
depth. In a matter of minutes teachers can create the exercises for use on their
own website and also can use hard copy in their classroom for study or
homework. Students will benefit through the review of target vocabulary in each
sentence in context and using gap-fill exercises on this website. Teacher can
contribute also on this website if they want to.
In AWL, using English for academic purposes. The specific words are presented as a heavy list without having any definitions or neither have any hyperlink towards dictionary definitions. Beginner learners can easily misinterpret the meaning of the word or subject. I'm not sure how much useful it is for learners mainly beginners.
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