What is academic vocabulary?
Understand what academic vocabulary is, with a look at some important academic word lists, plus reasons why studying academic vocabulary is important and some tips on how to study it successfully.
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00:00 Intro
00:40 Definition
03:57 Academic wordlists #1: single words
05:43 Vocabulary shift
08:22 General words with academic meaning
11:27 Academic wordlists #2: subject-specific lists
13:11 Academic wordlists #3: multiword lists
16:03 Why is academic vocabulary important?
17:17 Example text
21:29 Learning academic vocabulary
23:29 Outro
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References
Text extract:
Alan, S., Ertac, S., Kubilay, E. and Loranth, G. (2020) 'Understanding Gender Differences in Leadership', in The Economic Journal, Volume 130, Issue 626, Feb 2020 Pages 263–289, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uez050
Uses of 'thing' in academic writing
Granger, S. and Larrson, T. (2021), 'Is core vocabulary a friend or foe of academic writing? Single-word vs multi-word uses of THING', Journal of English for Academic Purposes 52 (2021) 100999
Overview of academic vocabulary
Baumann, J.F. and Graves, M.F. (2010) 'What is Academic Vocabulary?' Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v54 n1 p4-12 Sep 2010
Chapter on Academic Vocabulary
Coxhead, A. (2019) 'Academic Vocabulary', in Webb, S. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies, Abingdon: Routledge
Uses of 'thing' in academic writing
Granger, S. and Larrson, T. (2021), 'Is core vocabulary a friend or foe of academic writing? Single-word vs multi-word uses of THING', Journal of English for Academic Purposes 52 (2021) 100999
Vocabulary shift:
Swales, J.M. and Feak, C.B. (2012) Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Skills and Tasks (3rd ed.), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press