This course will help you increase your knowledge of vocabulary words used in academic language. Academic language is the kind of language that is used in school and in the classroom; it is more formal and more complex. A basic knowledge of these words will help you to understand your assignments, communicate with your professors and other students, and use academic language in your writing assignments.
The words are divided into categories:
Descriptive words
Words used to evaluate ideas and concepts
Words used to share and discuss ideas
Words used in showing and discussing relationships between ideas and concepts
General academic words in reading and writing
Words related to writing and the writing process
Transition Words