Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus
This study investigates the vocabulary profile in argumentative essays written by students from different disciplines at a technical university in Malaysia. Using Coxhead's (2000) Academic Word List (AWL), the study profiles the students’ academic vocabulary across disciplines. Given the nation...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
2024
|
Online Access: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/28212/2/010002810202493343.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/28212/ https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/23102/academic-word-list-and-cefr-levels-profiling-academic-vocabulary-in-a-technical-university-learner-corpus.pdf |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Institution: | Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka |
Language: | English |
id |
my.utem.eprints.28212 |
---|---|
record_format |
eprints |
spelling |
my.utem.eprints.282122025-02-10T17:05:05Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/28212/ Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus Khamis, Noorli Abdul Bareed, Nurhidayah Ab Rahim, Ina Suryani This study investigates the vocabulary profile in argumentative essays written by students from different disciplines at a technical university in Malaysia. Using Coxhead's (2000) Academic Word List (AWL), the study profiles the students’ academic vocabulary across disciplines. Given the national requirement to align the English course with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), this study also analyses the CEFR levels of vocabulary in the essays to determine whether the students are meeting the expected language proficiency benchmark. The study aims to bridge the gap between learners' current vocabulary use and the vocabulary required to achieve academic writing proficiency, especially in relation to both general academic and discipline-specific language demands. From the vocabulary profiles, this study provides insights that can inform more effective instructional approaches for teaching and learning of academic writing and help instructors tailor their strategies to support students’ progress toward academic proficiency. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/28212/2/010002810202493343.pdf Khamis, Noorli and Abdul Bareed, Nurhidayah and Ab Rahim, Ina Suryani (2024) Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14 (10). pp. 242-259. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/23102/academic-word-list-and-cefr-levels-profiling-academic-vocabulary-in-a-technical-university-learner-corpus.pdf 10.6007/IJARBSS/v14-i10/23102 |
institution |
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka |
building |
UTEM Library |
collection |
Institutional Repository |
continent |
Asia |
country |
Malaysia |
content_provider |
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka |
content_source |
UTEM Institutional Repository |
url_provider |
http://eprints.utem.edu.my/ |
language |
English |
description |
This study investigates the vocabulary profile in argumentative essays written by students from different disciplines at a technical university in Malaysia. Using Coxhead's (2000) Academic Word List (AWL), the study profiles the students’ academic vocabulary across disciplines. Given the national requirement to align the English course with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), this study also analyses the CEFR levels of vocabulary in the essays to determine whether the students are meeting the expected language proficiency benchmark. The study aims to bridge the gap between learners' current vocabulary use and the vocabulary required to achieve academic writing proficiency, especially in relation to both general academic and discipline-specific language demands. From the vocabulary profiles, this study provides insights that can inform more effective instructional approaches for teaching and learning of academic writing and help instructors tailor their strategies to support students’ progress toward academic proficiency. |
format |
Article |
author |
Khamis, Noorli Abdul Bareed, Nurhidayah Ab Rahim, Ina Suryani |
spellingShingle |
Khamis, Noorli Abdul Bareed, Nurhidayah Ab Rahim, Ina Suryani Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus |
author_facet |
Khamis, Noorli Abdul Bareed, Nurhidayah Ab Rahim, Ina Suryani |
author_sort |
Khamis, Noorli |
title |
Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus |
title_short |
Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus |
title_full |
Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus |
title_fullStr |
Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus |
title_full_unstemmed |
Academic word list and CEFR levels: Profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus |
title_sort |
academic word list and cefr levels: profiling academic vocabulary in a technical university learner corpus |
publisher |
Human Resource Management Academic Research Society |
publishDate |
2024 |
url |
http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/28212/2/010002810202493343.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/28212/ https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/23102/academic-word-list-and-cefr-levels-profiling-academic-vocabulary-in-a-technical-university-learner-corpus.pdf |
_version_ |
1825166525949018112 |