Open AccessTeaching Second Language Vocabulary: the Role and Application of the AWL
Author(s) -
Ge Yan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
review of educational theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2591-7633
pISSN - 2591-7625
DOI - 10.30564/ret.v3i3.1832
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , vocabulary , mathematics education , word list , word (group theory) , psychology , computer science , pedagogy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , political science , philosophy , law , class (philosophy)
This paper focuses on the role and application of AWL in science-related subjects, namely the issue of whether or not students in science-related majors is advantaged or disadvantaged in using the Academic Word List (AWL) in their academic writing assignments as the imbalance of word frequency in AWL. Participants (n=18) are obliged to answer the Questionnaire. Furthermore, if needed, a brief interview would be arranged on some uncertain questions. Results show that learning and acquiring academic vocabulary would benefit participants in research articles, while AWL is inadequate for students in science-related disciplines in their academic writing. We claim that students in science-related majors may be disadvantaged than other majors’ students in using Coxhead’s Academic Word List, and a wordlist screened out from science-related corpus perhaps more suitable for ESP students. Meanwhile, AWL, as a role of reference, would aid language learning or acquisition.