Academic vocabulary

What is an academic vocabulary?

• words that are traditionally used in academic texts

  
  

• words that are common used in speech

  
  

• words that are frequently encountered in informal conversation

  
  

• words that are common used in certain areas

  
  

General English is ...

• simpler and jargon

  
  

• more technical

  
  

• commonly and simpler

  
  

• ambiguous words

  
  

What tier does not usually include multiple meaning words?

• Basic or high-frequency

• General academic

• Domain specific

Which tier does include multiple meaning words?

• Basic or high-frequency

• General academic

• Domain specific

Which tier does have low frequency use?

• Basic or high-frequency

• General academic

• Domain specific

Academic English include jargon specific to particular field.

• True

• False

General academic and Domain specific words are types of non-academic vocabulary

• True

• False

General academic frequently encountered in all sorts of text.

• True

• False