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What is academicspeaking & listening?an introduction to the contents of the
course
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English words
Research shows that most people need tounderstand 95% of the words in any text to be able to understand it fully.
90% of most texts in English are made up of twothousand recurring words – the 1 + 2k word lists.
So what about the extra 5%?
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The hard part… learning thenext 5k and 8k will only just
reach 95% coverage
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That means that learning an additional
6 thousand words will only give you 4%
more understanding of the words of
most English texts.
It is a lot of effort for very little reward.
So what can we do?
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Researchers have analysed academic
English texts and determined an
academic word list of around 600
words that can bring you up to and
over the 95% threshold.
The AWL (Academic Word List)
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Academic text coverage withthe AWL
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Text coverage
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This is great news for
academic learners because
it allows you to participate
confidently in academic
discourse with 2,600 words.
But are 2,600 words
enough?
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The short answer is : YES.
The long answer is: NO.
This list does not cover
• general conversation
• arts and humanities
• music, literature, and poetry
• the richness and texture of the English language
But it is enough to do
BUSINESS
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ACADEMIC SPEAKING & LISTENING
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If we focus on using theseAWL words, we can improve
our English faster
SPEAKING LISTENING
O use AWL words in
discussions, debate
s, meetings, and
general chat
O analyse
presentations, meeti
ngs, and
conversations