Developing Vocabulary
Oxford University Press - 'Closing the Word Gap'
The Oxford Language Report (Oxford University Press) is a useful document that explores the word gap that exists in UK schools and outlines why it is so important to address the development of vocabulary across the curriculum.
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Oxford University Press also published an accompanying resource to help secondary schools develop a whole school literacy strategy, and also to help schools develop subject disciplinary vocabulary in subjects such as English, science, maths, history and geography. This document is attached to this page, but separate booklets can also be downloaded by clicking on this link:
https://www.teachitenglish.co.uk/wordgap
AWL - Academic Word List
Averil Woodhead developed the Academic Word List (AWL) at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand as part of her MA.
This list contains 570 word families, sub-divided into sublists, which frequently appear in academic texts. Thus, the AWL is an excellent starting point when planning key academic words for explicit teaching as part of a whole school strategy.
Please click on this icon for the AWL:
The web links below are also useful in relation to the academic word list
• Useful for extra information about each word on the list: https://www.eapfoundation.com/vocab/academic/finder/#thetable
• Useful for identifying words from the AWL in texts: https://www.eapfoundation.com/vocab/academic/highlighter/
Recommended Reads - Vocabulary
Recommended Websites - Vocabulary
https://skell.sketchengine.co.uk/run.cgi/skell
https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/morphology-and-roots/
https://www.eapfoundation.com/vocab/academic/highlighter/
https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/category/closing-the-gap/
https://beta.freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1425
https://www.bedrocklearning.org/
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/fw-latin-phrases.htm
Blogs
Alex Quigley - https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/tag/vocabulary/