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Doctoral Writing Workshop January 14, 2012 Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman, Ph.D. TESOL Program

The Vocabulary of Academic Writing. Doctoral Writing Workshop January 14, 2012 Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman, Ph.D. TESOL Program California State University, Fullerton cbzimmerman@fullerton.edu.

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Doctoral Writing Workshop January 14, 2012 Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman, Ph.D. TESOL Program

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  1. The Vocabulary of Academic Writing Doctoral Writing Workshop January 14, 2012 Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman, Ph.D. TESOL Program California State University, Fullerton cbzimmerman@fullerton.edu

  2. Two 15-year olds from London were asked which laws they think should continue and which ones should not. • I dunno, there’s times when I think there are a few laws I’d like to stop but. . .don’t know any I’d like to bring in. • I don’t think I’d introduce many new ones but I would abolish quite a few. Corson, 1985, p. 77

  3. Categorizing Vocabulary High frequency Low frequency Academic Technical Decide in which category to place each of these words: Loquacious, differentiate, hemoglobin, teacher, refract, negate, follow, limpid, autodidact, quadratic, great, primary, sojourn, think, hair, investigate , carcinogenic, minimal .

  4. They couldn’t get the rigs up the road. The procession of resources was hampered by the treacherous terrain. Academic Vocabularyin Daily Life

  5. Mandatory evacuation was enforced. They told us we had to get out and they were p----d. Academic Vocabularyin Daily Life

  6. People are resigned to the worst possible scenario. It is what it is! Academic Vocabularyin Daily Life(continued)

  7. Examples: live / survive try / persist look into/ investigate show /indicate Consider the Contrast

  8. In order to live, he amputated his own arm. In order to survive(the hiking accident), he amputated his arm. He is a survivor. His survival is remarkable. Do academic words make a difference? While hiking alone in Utah, Aron Ralston was hit by a falling boulder which pinned his right arm and trapped him for five days.

  9. Injure Investigate Predict Rational Relax Relevant Survive Other Examples ofAWL Words Accurate Adequate Analyze Conclude Reluctant Definite Display Economy Estimate

  10. Word Family MembersExamples Legislate Logic Logic Logically Logician Illogical Illogically • Legislature • Legislator • Legislation • Legislative

  11. Compleat Lexical Tutor: http://www.lextutor.ca

  12. Typical Native Speaker Results • 70% first 1000 words • 10% second 1000 words • 10% AWL words • 10% Off-List (VocabProfile, T. Cobb, 2002 )

  13. The End

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