The Learning and Use of Academic English Words.

Corson, David

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ERIC Number: EJ557017

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Publication Date: 1997

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The Learning and Use of Academic English Words.

Corson, David

Language Learning, v47 n4 p671-718 Dec 1997

Examines the learning and use of academic English words by students who differ socioculturally. Argues that the Greco-Latin vocabulary of English offers various levels of potential difficulty for students from different class, cultural, or linguistic social factions. Infers some changes to practices in native and second language academic English education. (132 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Greek, Higher Education, Latin, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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