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Teaching the Academic Word List article
How to teach the Academic Word List
Photocopiable AWL combined with other useful language classroom activities
Academic word list looking at both sides/ advantages and disadvantages
Academic Word List word formation challenge game
Use the Academic Word List vocabulary to make academic writing tips
Academic Word List hedging/ generalising practice
Defining Academic Word List vocabulary (with defining your terms phrases)
Academic Word List giving examples guessing game
Academic Word List advantages and disadvantages phrases practice
Academic Word List phrases for expressing purpose practice
Academic Word List comparing and contrasting phrases practice
Academic Word List practice of expressing cause and effect
Academic English language of concession
Academic Word List trends language
Academic Word List vocabulary for expressing certainty and uncertainty
Academic Word List positive and negative connotations
Academic Word List vocabulary with negative prefixes
Academic Word List collocations pairwork
Other AWL games/ worksheets
Academic Word List call my bluff
Online AWL practice
Academic Word List: Group 1 on examenglish.com (match one of three words to the definition – boring, easy to guess without really knowing, lots of unnecessary clicking – and also not true you need the AWL for IELTS as suggested – not recommended!)
Related pages
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Updated 10 August 2025
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