Academic Word List（AWL）とは？
ニュージーランドの語彙研究者 Averil Coxhead が作成（2000年）。
大学の論文・教科書・講義で頻出する単語を570語にまとめたリスト。
どの専門分野でも共通してよく出る「アカデミック語」が中心。
見つけたPDF（28ページくらいのもの）は、AWL の全部を sublist（サブリスト）別にまとめた資料です。
構成
AWL は 570語を10個の sublist に分けています。
Sublist 1（最重要）：analyze, approach, concept, indicate, method …など
Sublist 2（次に重要）：acquire, achieve, chapter, commission …
…
Sublist 10（やや高度）：adjacent, albeit, assemble, depress, forthcoming …
Sublist 1 が最も頻度が高く、
Sublist 10 が難易度が高くなります。
IELTS と AWL の関係
IELTS（特に Reading／Writing）では、この AWL の単語が非常に多く出ます。
大学進学準備の語彙なので IELTS Academic に最適。
Writing Task 2 や Reading のアカデミックパッセージで使われる語の多くが AWL。
例：
significant impact
economic factors
the data indicate that
これらは全部 AWL 語彙。
AWL を学ぶメリット
IELTSのスコアを上げやすい
英文記事・論文が読みやすくなる
大学レベルの英語に対応できる
語源・派生語が多いので語彙の広がりにつながる
学習のコツ
Sublist 1 から順に覚える
“家族語（word family）”で覚える → analyse, analysis, analytical など
自分の文章で実際に使っていく
Sublist 1
| A | analyze, analysis, approach, assess, assessment, assume, assumption, authority, authoritative, available |
| B | benefic, beneficial, beneficiary |
| C | concept, conception, conceptual, consist, consistency, consistent, inconsistency, inconsistent, constitute, constituent, constitution, constitutional, unconstitutional, context, contract, contractor, create, creation, creative |
| D | define, definition, derive, derivation, derivative, distribute, distribution, redistribution, redistribute |
| E | economy, economical, economics, environment, environmental, establish, disestablish, estimate, estimation, overestimate, underestimate, evident, evidence, export（名詞）, export（動詞） |
| F | factor, factor into, finance, financial, formula, formulate, formulation, reformulate, reformation, function, functional |
| I | identify, identifiable, identification, identity, unidentifiable, income, indicate, indication, indicative, indicator, individual, individuality, interpret, interpretation, interpretative, misinterpret, misinterpretation, reinterpret, reinterpretation, involve, involvement, uninvolved, issue |
| L | labor, legal, illegal, legality, illegality, legislate, legislation, legislative, legislature |
| M | major, majority, method, methodology, methodological |
| O | occur, occurrence, reoccur |
| P | percent, percentage, period, periodic, periodical, principle, unprincipled, proceed, procedural, procedure, process |
| R | require, requirement, requisition, respond, respondent, responsive, unresponsive |
| S | significant, insignificant, significance, signify, similar, dissimilar, similarity, specific, specifically, specification, structure, restructure, structural, unstructured |
| T | theory, theoretical |
| V | vary, invariable, variable, variability, variant, variation |
Sublist 2 作成中
| A | achieve, achievable, achievement, acquire, acquisition, administrate, administration, administrative, administrator, affect, affective, unaffected, appropriate, appropriacy, appropriateness, inappropriate. assist, assistance, assistant, unassisted, |
