The Academic Word List

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

Averil Coxhead from the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 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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