Common Academic Vocabulary المصطلحات الأكاديمية الشائعة

COMMON ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

WORD LIST A
Study the following word list of common academic vocabulary. Look up any words you do not know and use them in an example sentence. You will be tested on academic vocabulary in the exam.

Stating the Topic of Your Writing
concept hypothesise proposition to predict
factor issue theses to speculate
hypothesis premise To consist topic



[General Vocabulary of Research]
argument controversy homogeneous research
academic debate implicit source
anecdotal empirical issue study
anomaly evidence norm subsequent
assimilate exception pertinent survey
cogent explicit principle tentative
conform feasible relevance theory
consequent findings reliable to equate
trend valid


Verbs of Reporting
to add to consider to dispute to question
to affirm to contend to emphasise to recommend
to agree to contradict to enumerate to refute
to argue to demonstrate to explain to reject
to assert to deny to imply to remark
to assume to describe to infer to report
to challenge to determine to maintain to repudiate
to claim to disagree to point out to say
to clarify to discern to postulate to suggest
to comment to discuss to query to stipulate
to view



Using Tentativeness
may possible probably unlikely
Linking Ideas
also however since whereas
although moreover so while
as on the other hand therefore

Refering to the Work of Other People
according to to cite to claim to quote
to refer to to suggest



Drawing Conclusions
conclusion it is clear that therefore to signify
evident outcome thus to verify
it can be seen that summary to reveal



Words with Different Meanings in Different Contexts
appreciate complex constant manifest
aspiration conceive construct objective
attribute concentrate function potential
radical stress



Explaining Processes Undertaken in a Study
administer data to elicit to interrelate
analyse process to establish to investigate
conduct to denote to evaluate to modify
correlate to derive to identify undertake
criterion to design to integrate


Extract from Thurstun, J. and Candlin, C.N. (1998). Concordancing and the Teaching of Academic English. English for Specific Purposes 17, 3:279-280.

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WORD LIST B
Study the following word list of common academic vocabulary. Look up any words you do not know and use them in an example sentence. You will also be tested on this vocabulary in the exam.


achieve
numerous
ambiguous
overt
apparent
per se
combination
predisposed
condone
predominant
considerable
prevalence
crucial
prone
diversify
sceptical
elaborate
tendency
enhance
theory
external
throughout
fallible
trend
idea
underlying
incorporate
underpin
inherent
vague
insufficient
via
internal
vital
limited
widespread