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"The Academic Word List (AWL) was developed by Averil Coxhead 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 because they appear with great frequency in a broad range of academic texts. The list does not include words that are in the most frequent 2000 words of English (the General Service List), thus making it specific to academic contexts. The AWL was primarily made so that it could be used by teachers as part of a programme preparing learners for tertiary level study or used by students working alone to learn the words most needed to study at colleges and universities." This page gives a compact listing of all the word families in the AWL, divided by sublist, each word linked to a simple definition page.

"Originally written by Janelle Ward for The Broker, and first published on August 5th, 2009 as Rewriting Research" (footnote [URL revised, PB, 2011.02.21]), this article covers the following outline:   Academic BloggingBlog Types and PurposesWho Are Academic BloggersBlogging RewardsCollaborative Writing and WikisPros and Cons of Using WikisWikis['] EffectivenessWeb 2.0, Web 3.0 and BeyondThe Growing Use of Online Tools

a couple of posts in Japanese on the Academic Word List

Reprinted from the Academic Author newsletter of the Text and Academic Author Association

First post on one of "five key strategies for improving academic writing" (¶1).

Excerpt from Ch. 10 of Clark and Sousa (2018) Clark, Alexander; & Sousa, Bailey. (2018). How to Be a Happy Academic. London, UK: Sage Publications.

This UNSW Academic Support page is one in a series of short pages defining and exemplifying reflective writing. Topics include: What is reflective writing? How do I write reflectively? Examples of reflective writing The page entitled "How do I write reflectively?" lists resources for learning about mind-mapping.

This UNSW Academic Support page is one in a series of short pages defining and exemplifying reflective writing. Topics include: What is reflective writing? How do I write reflectively? Examples of reflective writing The page entitled "How do I write reflectively?" lists resources for learning about mind-mapping.

2nd of five post in a series about revising academic writing

Fifth of five key strategies for revising academic writing

Fourth of five key strategies for revising academic writing, moving from global to local revisions

Third of five key strategies for revising academic writing

"UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners[,] and academics" (deck, ¶1, 2011.11.11).

In this post, the author (Andrew Sullivan?) quotes Clive Thompson (Globe and Mail, 2013.09.13) suggesting "academic studies have found that whenever students write for other actual, live people, they throw their back into the work - producing stuff with better organization and content, and nearly 40 per cent longer than when they write for just their instructor."

the official AWL site

In this article, Spearie (2017) outlined a "process to familiarize students with the conventions of literature reviews, to help them analyze their own research to find the appropriate organizational style, and finally to enable them to write their own literature reviews" (¶2, 2017.08.04). The article and appendices are available as a PDF. Reference Spearie, Jen. (2017). Teaching literature reviews to EAP students. _TESOL Connections_ (August 2017). http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolc/issues/2017-08-01/2.html

In this article, Spearie (2017) outlined a "process to familiarize students with the conventions of literature reviews, to help them analyze their own research to find the appropriate organizational style, and finally to enable them to write their own literature reviews" (¶2, 2017.08.04). The article and appendices are available as a PDF. Reference Spearie, Jen. (2017). Teaching literature reviews to EAP students. _TESOL Connections_ (August 2017). http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolc/issues/2017-08-01/2.html

"UMW Blogs is a publishing platform available to any member of the University of Mary Washington community. Based on the open-source system, WordPress, it allows any faculty member, student, or staff employee to create a blog, a course or project site, or professional Web presence. We invite you to create an account and start exploring!" (About, ¶1)

This study guide comprises "an interactive online tutorial designed to help ... [students] to understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. There are different versions of the tutorial available tailored to the needs of different subjects" (Don't cheat yourself, ¶1). It sports a Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales. Ready-made subject areas range from bio-science to psychology (2011.08.01).

Check out the tailor-made tutorial for English (and American studies)!

This journal article provides an example of tailor-made writing samples, and explains their use to teach students "the boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable [writing] practices" (Abstract).

Regarding revision, Sadek suggests, "One technique that can guide ESL learners while revising their draft is that of self-assessment. That is, ESL learners could use a set of criteria covering the different aspects of writing to revise their own writing" (¶3). She defines self-assessment, outline advantages, and provides sample forms as illustrations.