The Academic Word List

The Academic Word List is a useful English resource for lecturers and students.

Averil Coxhead developed and evaluated The Academic Word List (AWL) for her MA thesis. This list is a very useful resource for English for Academic Purposes teachers and learners.

• AWL Information
• AWL Sublist Families
• AWL Headwords
• AWL Most Frequent Words in Sublists
• Useful links

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