HEADWORDS OF THE Academic Word List * The Academic Word List (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. The list contains 570 word families which were selected according to principles. The list does not include words that are in the most frequent 2000 words of English. The AWL was primarily made so that it could be used by teachers as part of a programme preparing leamers for tertiary level study or used by students working alone to leam the words most needed to study at tertiary institutions. The Academic Word List replaces the University Word List. For detail on the development and evaluation of the AWL, see Coxhead, Averil (2000) A New Academic Word List. TESOL Quarterly, 34(2): 213-238. * See also: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/ ¥ A, Learning English | we are American EnglishHeadwords of the Academic Word List ‘This list contains the head words of the families in the Academic Word List. ‘The numbers indicate the sublist of the Academic Word List. 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