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Academic Word List: Learn the Most Common Academic Words

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Academic Word List: Learn the Most Common Academic Words, available at $74.99, has an average rating of 4.6, with 178 lectures, 25 quizzes, based on 386 reviews, and has 2760 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn the meanings of words on the Academic Word List by looking at definitions, synonyms and example sentences Understand how to use words on the Academic Word List through collocations and example sentences Get a higher score in tests of Academic English: IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, CAE, CPE and more Improve your Academic Writing skills by expanding your academic vocabulary Write better essays: your essay writing will improve Improve your reading comprehension: read more quickly and understand texts more completely This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone studying, or preparing to study, at university or Anyone preparing to take an English language test (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, CAE, CPE and PTE) or Anyone who wants to read academic texts, such as reports, essays, research papers or Anyone who wants to write an academic text, such as essays, dissertations, theses, presentations and research papers It is particularly useful for Anyone studying, or preparing to study, at university or Anyone preparing to take an English language test (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, CAE, CPE and PTE) or Anyone who wants to read academic texts, such as reports, essays, research papers or Anyone who wants to write an academic text, such as essays, dissertations, theses, presentations and research papers.

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Summary

Title: Academic Word List: Learn the Most Common Academic Words

Price: $74.99

Average Rating: 4.6

Number of Lectures: 178

Number of Quizzes: 25

Number of Published Lectures: 178

Number of Published Quizzes: 25

Number of Curriculum Items: 203

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 203

Original Price: $199.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

  • Learn the meanings of words on the Academic Word List by looking at definitions, synonyms and example sentences
  • Understand how to use words on the Academic Word List through collocations and example sentences
  • Get a higher score in tests of Academic English: IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, CAE, CPE and more
  • Improve your Academic Writing skills by expanding your academic vocabulary
  • Write better essays: your essay writing will improve
  • Improve your reading comprehension: read more quickly and understand texts more completely

Who Should Attend

  • Anyone studying, or preparing to study, at university
  • Anyone preparing to take an English language test (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, CAE, CPE and PTE)
  • Anyone who wants to read academic texts, such as reports, essays, research papers
  • Anyone who wants to write an academic text, such as essays, dissertations, theses, presentations and research papers

Target Audiences

  • Anyone studying, or preparing to study, at university
  • Anyone preparing to take an English language test (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, CAE, CPE and PTE)
  • Anyone who wants to read academic texts, such as reports, essays, research papers
  • Anyone who wants to write an academic text, such as essays, dissertations, theses, presentations and research papers

  • Do you need a high score in an English Language test? e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, Cambridge B2 First (FCE), Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE), Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE), the Pearson Test of English (PTE), etc.

  • Are you studying, or want to study, at university?

  • Do you want to be able to read academic texts quickly?

  • Do you want to improve your reading comprehension?

  • Do you want to improve your academic writing skills? e.g. essay writing and thesis writing

If so, then you need to understand the words on the Academic Word List, a list of 570 words created by language experts for people who need to read, write, speak and listen using Academic English.

This course will help you to master the Academic Word List. It uses video presentations, worksheets and activities to teach you all 570 words on the list.

  • learn word meanings

  • hear how to clearly pronounce each word

  • see how each word is used in example sentences 

  • learn how to use the word like a native through common collocations (words that frequently go together)

  • discover the different forms of each word

  • get to know synonyms of each word

  • revise using a PDF version of each video

  • build your own vocabulary bookletusing the printable vocabulary worksheet that comes with each video

  • test yourself using multiple choice quizzes, and drag and drop activities(on the course’s companion website)

Together, this information will help you develop a deep knowledge of each word.

Video Presentations

The course contains all 570 words of the Academic Word List.

Each video lesson contains 5 words. You will learn everything you need to know about each word.

Vocabulary Booklet

Build up your own vocabulary booklet using the worksheets that come with each lesson.

Companion Website: The Learning Lab

This course comes with a companion website, The Academic Word List Learning Lab, which contains hundreds of activities to help you improve your ability to use each word.

Exam Preparation

This course is perfect for anyone preparing to take or retake an English language examination. Most English language tests assess your ability to use and understand academic English, e.g. by testing your reading comprehension of academic texts and your essay writing skills. This course will prepare you for a wide range of English language tests, including:

  • IELTS Academic

  • IELTS General Training

  • TOEFL

  • TOEIC

  • Cambridge B2 First (FCE)

  • Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE)

  • Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE)

  • PTE Academic: Pearson Test of English

  • Linguaskill

  • BEC B2 Business Vantage

  • BEC C1 Business Higher

  • B2 First For Schools

Using and understanding Academic English vocabulary is an essential skill for employment and university study. Don’t be left behind – enrol now!

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Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: What is the Academic Word List?

Lecture 2: How to use this course

Chapter 2: Sublist 1: Words 1-60

Lecture 1: Words 1-5: analyse, approach, area, assess, assume

Lecture 2: Vocabulary Record Spreadsheet

Lecture 3: Words 6-10: authority, available, benefit, concept, consist

Lecture 4: Practice Activities

Lecture 5: Words 11-15: constitute, context, contract, create, data

Lecture 6: Words 16-20: define, derive, distribute, economy, environment

Lecture 7: Practice Activities

Lecture 8: Words 21-25: establish, estimate, evident, export, factor

Lecture 9: Words 26-30: finance, formula, function, identify, income

Lecture 10: Practice Activities

Lecture 11: Words 31-35: indicate, individual, interpret, involve, issue

Lecture 12: Words 36-40: labour, legal, legislate, major, method

Lecture 13: Practice Activities

Lecture 14: Words 41-45: occur, percent, period, policy, principle

Lecture 15: Words 46-50: proceed, process, require, research, respond

Lecture 16: Practice Activities

Lecture 17: Words 51-55: role, section, sector, significant, similar

Lecture 18: Words 56-60: source, specific, structure, theory, vary

Lecture 19: Practice Activities

Lecture 20: More Practice Activities

Chapter 3: Sublist 2: Words 61-120

Lecture 1: Words 61-65: achieve, acquire, administrate, affect, appropriate

Lecture 2: Words 66-70: aspect, assist, category, chapter, commission

Lecture 3: Practice Activities

Lecture 4: Words 71-75: community, complex, compute, conclude, conduct

Lecture 5: Words 76-80: consequent, construct, consume, credit, culture

Lecture 6: Practice Activities

Lecture 7: Words 81-85: design, distinct, element, equate, feature

Lecture 8: Words 86-90: evaluate, final, focus, impact, injure

Lecture 9: Practice Activities

Lecture 10: Words 91-95: institute, invest, item, journal, maintain

Lecture 11: Words 96-100: normal, obtain, participate, perceive, positive

Lecture 12: Practice Activities

Lecture 13: Words 101-105: potential, previous, primary, purchase, range

Lecture 14: Words 106-110: region, regulate, relevant, reside, resource

Lecture 15: Practice Activities

Lecture 16: Words 111-115: restrict, secure, seek, select, site

Lecture 17: Words 116-120: strategy, survey, text, tradition, transfer

Lecture 18: Practice Activities

Lecture 19: Extra Practice Activities

Chapter 4: Sublist 3: Words 121-180

Lecture 1: Words 121-125: alternative, circumstance, comment, compensate, component

Lecture 2: Words 126-130: consent, considerable, constant, constrain, contribute

Lecture 3: Practice Activities

Lecture 4: Words 131-135: convene, coordinate, core, corporate, correspond

Lecture 5: Words 136-140: criteria, deduce, demonstrate, document, dominate

Lecture 6: Practice Activities

Lecture 7: Words 141-145: emphasis, ensure, exclude, framework, fund

Lecture 8: Words 146-150: illustrate, immigration, imply, initial, instance

Lecture 9: Practice Activities

Lecture 10: Words 151-155: interact, justify, layer, link, locate

Lecture 11: Words 156-160: maximise, minor, negate, outcome, partner

Lecture 12: Practice Activities

Lecture 13: Words 161-165: philosophy, physical, proportion, publish, react

Lecture 14: Words 166-170: register, rely, remove, scheme, sequence

Lecture 15: Practice Activities

Lecture 16: Words 171-175: sex, shift, specify, sufficient, task

Lecture 17: Words 176-180: technical, technique, technology, valid, volume

Lecture 18: Practice Activities

Chapter 5: Sublist 4: Words 181-240

Lecture 1: Words 181-185: access, adequate, annual, apparent, approximate

Lecture 2: Words 186-190: attitude, attribute, civil, code, commit

Lecture 3: Practice Activities

Lecture 4: Words 191-195: communicate, concentrate, confer, contrast, cycle

Lecture 5: Words 196-200: debate, despite, dimension, domestic, emerge

Lecture 6: Practice Activities

Lecture 7: Words 201-205: error, ethnic, goal, grant, hence

Lecture 8: Words 206-210: hypothesis, implement, implicate, impose, integrate

Lecture 9: Practice Activities

Lecture 10: Words 211-215: internal, investigate, job, label, mechanism

Lecture 11: Words 216-220: obvious, occupy, option, output, overall

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