Academic Vocabulary (AWL)

B2 · Upper-intermediate47 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: make Academic Word List vocabulary part of your reflexes — natural collocations, correct forms, zero forcing.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Words that work without showing off

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Academic Word List

    Read a 144-word text about The Academic Word List

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Key AWL Words

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: AWL in Context

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: AWL Collocations

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the collocation relay

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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