An Introduction to the Academic Word List

The Academic Word List (AWL) 

AWL was developed by Averil Coxhead as her MA thesis at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. 

We will use some of the words on this list to do some meaning and pronunciation activity.

A Test of the Academic Word List: 

Instructions Choose a word on the left that matches a meaning on the right. Write the number of that word next to its meaning. 

Here is an example: 

Choose a word on the left that matches a meaning on the right. Write the number of that word next to its meaning.

List 1:

List 2:

List 3:

List 4: