This paper focuses on the role and application of AWL in science-related subjects,namely the issue of whether or not students in science-related majors is advantaged or disadvantaged in using the Academic Word List(AW...This paper focuses on the role and application of AWL in science-related subjects,namely the issue of whether or not students in science-related majors is advantaged or disadvantaged in using the Academic Word List(AWL)in their academic writing assignments as the imbalance of word frequency in AWL.Participants(n=18)are obliged to answer the Questionnaire.Furthermore,if needed,a brief interview would be arranged on some uncertain questions.Results show that learning and acquiring academic vocabulary would benefit participants in research articles,while AWL is inadequate for students in science-related disciplines in their academic writing.We claim that students in science-related majors may be disadvantaged than other majors’students in using Coxhead’s Academic Word List,and a wordlist screened out from science-related corpus perhaps more suitable for ESP students.Meanwhile,AWL,as a role of reference,would aid language learning or acquisition.展开更多
本研究以环境科学为例,基于语料库考察了以Coxhead(2000)编制的"学术词表"(Academic Word List,简称AWL)为代表的通用学术词表在专业学科中的适应性,通过对比AWL词汇与非AWL词汇在环境科学英语语料库及其子库中的覆盖率,讨论...本研究以环境科学为例,基于语料库考察了以Coxhead(2000)编制的"学术词表"(Academic Word List,简称AWL)为代表的通用学术词表在专业学科中的适应性,通过对比AWL词汇与非AWL词汇在环境科学英语语料库及其子库中的覆盖率,讨论AWL在专业学科里的适用性,并借此探讨编制专业学术词表的必要性与可行性。研究发现,AWL虽然适用于环境科学专业,但其中部分词汇不能反映环境科学领域的特征,而非AWL词汇中包含了许多具有环境科学学术意义的词汇。结论认为,应该基于AWL词表编制特定专业的学术词表,帮助学习者专注学习与专业有关的学术词汇。展开更多
文摘This paper focuses on the role and application of AWL in science-related subjects,namely the issue of whether or not students in science-related majors is advantaged or disadvantaged in using the Academic Word List(AWL)in their academic writing assignments as the imbalance of word frequency in AWL.Participants(n=18)are obliged to answer the Questionnaire.Furthermore,if needed,a brief interview would be arranged on some uncertain questions.Results show that learning and acquiring academic vocabulary would benefit participants in research articles,while AWL is inadequate for students in science-related disciplines in their academic writing.We claim that students in science-related majors may be disadvantaged than other majors’students in using Coxhead’s Academic Word List,and a wordlist screened out from science-related corpus perhaps more suitable for ESP students.Meanwhile,AWL,as a role of reference,would aid language learning or acquisition.
文摘本研究以环境科学为例,基于语料库考察了以Coxhead(2000)编制的"学术词表"(Academic Word List,简称AWL)为代表的通用学术词表在专业学科中的适应性,通过对比AWL词汇与非AWL词汇在环境科学英语语料库及其子库中的覆盖率,讨论AWL在专业学科里的适用性,并借此探讨编制专业学术词表的必要性与可行性。研究发现,AWL虽然适用于环境科学专业,但其中部分词汇不能反映环境科学领域的特征,而非AWL词汇中包含了许多具有环境科学学术意义的词汇。结论认为,应该基于AWL词表编制特定专业的学术词表,帮助学习者专注学习与专业有关的学术词汇。
