[PN] Academic Vocabulary (10 May 2004)

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* Reference Websites for Academic Vocabulary 

Vocabulary in EAP
Gillett, A., Vocabulary in EAP. In Using English for Academic Purposes: 
A Guide for International Students. Hatfield, UK: University of Hertfordshire:
http://www.uefap.co.uk/vocab/vocfram.htm
http://www.uefap.co.uk/vocab/learn/lernfram.htm
http://www.uefap.co.uk/

AWL Sublists (The Academic Word List)
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/staff/averil-coxhead/awl/sublists.html 

The AWL [Academic Word List] Highlighter
"This program will identify core academic vocabulary in a text, 
using the Academic Word List. Type or paste your text into the box... 
Select the sublist level you want to use. In this program each level 
[up to 10] includes all the previous levels"
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/awlhighlighter.htm

* Periodical articles

Losing Our Edge?
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
"Anyone who thinks that all the Indian and Chinese techies are doing 
is answering call-center phones or solving tech problems for Dell 
customers is sadly mistaken."
New York Times, 22 April 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/opinion/22FRIE.html

Japanese Find a Forum to Vent Most-Secret Feelings
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
"In a society in which subtlety is prized above all, 
millions of Japanese use the Channel 2 Web site to bare their souls"
New York Times, 9 May 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/international/asia/09toky.html

The power of a picture
"What Arab now believes that U.S. President George W. Bush really cares 
as much about the harm done to Iraqi prisoners as he does about the harm 
to America's image?"
Japan Times editorial, 10 May 2004
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?ed20040510a1.htm

[Many educators may be able to enjoy abstract worlds made from text, 
but the above article provides a reminder about human psychology - Ed.]

Collegially, Steve McCarty,
Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College, Japan
Online library: http://www.waoe.org/steve/epublist.html
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