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This list was selected by examining a large corpus (or collection) of written academic texts and selecting the words that occurred:  \n1 In texts from all four academic faculty sections: Arts, Commerce, Law and Science.  \n2 Over 100 times in the corpus overall.  \n3 At least 10 times in each academic faculty section.  \n4 Outside the 2000 most frequent words on Michael West’s General Service List (GSL) . The GSL includes everyday words such as I, house and do.  \nThese principles ensured that only words that occurred reasonably frequently in a variety of study areas were selected.  \nThe AWL targets vocabulary that occurs most often in written academic texts. These words also occur in newspapers but not as often as they do in textbooks. The AWL words appear even less in fiction. If your focus is learning academic vocabulary, you need to make sure you read academic textbooks so that you encounter these words in context.  \nHow is the AWL organized?  \nThe AWL is organized into Word Families.  \nWord families are made up of the ‘parent word’and ‘family members’. Take for example the word maximise. Its family members include inflections of the verb such as maximised,  \nmaximises and maximising as well as the noun maximum. The word family also includes the British spelling of the noun maximisation, as well as maximization, the US spelling.  \nIf you learn the verb maximise, you will be able  \nto recognise other family members such as maximised when you encounter them in your reading. These words are closely related and the meaning is likely to be the same or similar. When you are looking for words in this dictionary, think about other word family members too.  \nFinally, there are some academic words that do not have a word family. These words occur on their own and do not have any inflections. Examples include nonetheless, so-called and behalf.  \nWhy is the AWL important?  \nThe AWL is intended as a reference for students who are studying or preparing to study at a tertiary level in English. As a university lecturer, I was aware of the difficulties that students had in mastering the vocabulary necessary for written assignments. The AWL does not include ‘content’vocabulary for particular subjects which students obviously need to learn as well. The AWL focuses instead on the non-subject-specific vocabulary that students of any discipline will need to master in order to produce coherently-structured written assignments.  \nThe AWL covers up to 10% of the vocabulary covered in written academic texts. This means that, on average, one word in 10 in an academic textbook is in the AWL. Look at the following extract from an academic text:  \nEUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Environmental issues are truly global.  \nMany of the problems, like the releasing of CFCs into the atmosphere, have global effects and require global action. Some problems link to the exploitation of global commons – the resources shared by the international community such  \nas ocean beds and the atmosphere. Sometimes small local problems, such as poisonous gases leaking from landfillsand water pollution, are multiplied so many times in any local contexts that they become major world hazards. The environment is a global concern requiring global policies.  \nThe highlighted words are all on the AWL.  \nThis sample illustrates clearly that the AWL can help with decisions about which words are important for you to learn if you are studying inan English-speaking country.  \nHow can the AWL help me with my academic studies?  \nKnowledge of academic vocabulary is vital for students studying at an English-speaking university, particularly for reading and writing. 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