An Economics Academic Word List (EAWL): Using online resources to develop a subject-specific word list and associated teaching-learning materials

The Academic Word List (AWL) (Coxhead, 2000) is widely used by educators providing Academic Language and Learning (ALL) development in tertiary education settings. The AWL, though, has been criticised for failing to take sufficient account of disciplinary variation, and for relying on the archaic General Service List (West, 1953). This study, therefore, describes the process of using readily available online resources to develop an academic word...