Hi
You may have been told that learning more vocabulary from the Academic Word List (AWL) is useful IELTS preparation, but do you know why it’s useful?
I asked myself the same question, did some research, and this is what I found out.
Why is the Academic Word List important?
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The Academic Word List
Monday, February 15th, 2010Hi
Some vocabulary that you should learn more about as part of your IELTS preparation are the words on the Academic Word List (a list of words that are commonly used in academic texts but not so common in everyday conversation).
One way to learn more about these words is to look at how they are used in texts.
Here’s an example.