A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles

One of the main problems faced by both teachers and learners in English for Academic Purposes pertains to the question of which words are worth focusing during teaching and learning. This corpus-based lexical study aimed to explore the use of words in Coxhead’s (2000) ‘A New Academic Word List (AWL...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Ismail , Ahamed Shah, Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Mayinuer, Abudukeremu
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education PE English
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/1240/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1240/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1240/2/Article_mejsr_ISMAIL_ENGKU_MAHINUER.pdf

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spelling	iium-12402020-03-19T08:22:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1240/ A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles Mohamed Ismail , Ahamed Shah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Mayinuer, Abudukeremu LB2300 Higher Education PE English One of the main problems faced by both teachers and learners in English for Academic Purposes pertains to the question of which words are worth focusing during teaching and learning. This corpus-based lexical study aimed to explore the use of words in Coxhead’s (2000) ‘A New Academic Word List (AWL)’ in academic journal articles in the field of Islamic studies. Around 472,621 word corpus, called the Islamic Academic Research Articles (IARA) corpus, was created for this study. The corpus consisted of 66 research articles written in English that were published in more than 10 different Islamic academic journals. Authentic and academic research articles written on Islam, and from Islamic perspectives covering a wide range of topics, were selected. The study found that the most frequent 317 AWL words which occurred in the IARA corpus was only 56% of Coxhead’s AWL of 570. This finding points to the need for a special AWL for students. Findings suggest the need to produce field-specific academic word lists incorporating all frequent academic lexical items necessary for the expression of the rhetoric of the specific research area. Findings also revealed that some of the words which were found in the present study were not found in Coxhead’s Academic Word List. This may be due to the general nature of the AWL. This suggests that vocabulary needs of students in Islamic studies are characteristically different from those of students in other disciplines. Researchers and teachers therefore need to deal with these learners separately. 2011-04-22 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1240/2/Article_mejsr_ISMAIL_ENGKU_MAHINUER.pdf Mohamed Ismail , Ahamed Shah and Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza and Mayinuer, Abudukeremu (2011) A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles. In: International Language Conference 2011, 22-24 April, 2011, International Islamic University Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://www.iium.edu.my/ilc/
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description	One of the main problems faced by both teachers and learners in English for Academic Purposes pertains to the question of which words are worth focusing during teaching and learning. This corpus-based lexical study aimed to explore the use of words in Coxhead’s (2000) ‘A New Academic Word List (AWL)’ in academic journal articles in the field of Islamic studies. Around 472,621 word corpus, called the Islamic Academic Research Articles (IARA) corpus, was created for this study. The corpus consisted of 66 research articles written in English that were published in more than 10 different Islamic academic journals. Authentic and academic research articles written on Islam, and from Islamic perspectives covering a wide range of topics, were selected. The study found that the most frequent 317 AWL words which occurred in the IARA corpus was only 56% of Coxhead’s AWL of 570. This finding points to the need for a special AWL for students. Findings suggest the need to produce field-specific academic word lists incorporating all frequent academic lexical items necessary for the expression of the rhetoric of the specific research area. Findings also revealed that some of the words which were found in the present study were not found in Coxhead’s Academic Word List. This may be due to the general nature of the AWL. This suggests that vocabulary needs of students in Islamic studies are characteristically different from those of students in other disciplines. Researchers and teachers therefore need to deal with these learners separately.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohamed Ismail , Ahamed Shah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Mayinuer, Abudukeremu
author_facet	Mohamed Ismail , Ahamed Shah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Mayinuer, Abudukeremu
author_sort	Mohamed Ismail , Ahamed Shah
title	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_short	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_full	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_fullStr	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_full_unstemmed	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles
title_sort	corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in islamic academic research articles
publishDate	2011
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A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles

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