Resources Page for Academic Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary

Videos:

Watch a recording of our online How to Use Academic Vocabulary workshop

Playlist: Click to view the videos, or click the icon in the upper right to select from the list of videos.

Presentation:

Mini-Module:

Activities:

Improve your feeling for the differences between formal academic vocabulary and normal spoken English with this interactive activity

Match functions and phrases to build your academic vocabulary

Download Files:

Read our Vocabulary HowTo Guide  [PDF]: This has lots of useful information about Improving your Academic Vocabulary.

Three essential types of academic vocabulary [PDF]. Includes lists of words and how to use them.

Are you tired of writing "About" and "Regarding"?  Here are some alternative phrases for "about" and "regarding" with examples of how to use them [PDF].

Vocabulary for Writing Essays [PDF]. A table of words to use and their functions from the University of Sydney.

Useful links to external sites:

• UEFAP: For lots of information about using academic vocabulary [Opens in new window]
• Lextutor: To see how to use a word, enter it in their concordancer [Opens in new window]
• ICOSA: Lots of activities to learn and practise academic versus non-academic vocabulary [Opens in new window]
• University of Adelaide:  For lots of ways to use reporting verbs [Opens in new window]
• Synonyms finder:  From Crosswordsolver.com [Opens in new window]

Useful links for hedging:

• UEFAP [Opens in new window]
• Manchester University: This is a great site with lots of examples you can adapt and use yourself [Opens in new window]

The Academic Word List:

• The Academic Word List (AWL) is a list of the core vocabulary used for writing at university in the UK. [Opens in new window]
• You can also find the list here, UEFAP Selecting Vocabulary. Click "e.g." to see examples of sentences using the word. It also links to definitions and gives suggestions for smartphone apps for learning the list. [Opens in new window]

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