Creating and validating a corpus-based English academic word list for physics

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Vukovic-Stamatovic, Milica [1 ]
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[1] Univ Montenegro, Fac Philol, Danila Bojovica bb, Niksic 81400, Montenegro
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physics research articles; word list; lexical frequency; lexical coverage; ESP; EAP; art & iacute; culos de investigaci & oacute; n de f & iacute; sica; lista de palabras; frecuencia l & eacute; xica; cobertura l & eacute; ENGINEERING ENGLISH; VOCABULARY; ESTABLISHMENT;
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10.1075/resla.22041.vuk
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H0 [语言学];
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030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
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In this study a Physics Research Articles Word List (PRAWL) is built, which includes the most extensively used English vocabulary in the genre of physics research articles outside the most frequent general-purpose vocabulary. PRAWL can be of great use in English for Physics teaching and learning. This discipline-specific academic word list was produced from a corpus of 1.25 million running words, consisting of 200 physics research articles. PRAWL contains 929 words and has a 17.48% coverage in the corpus it was derived from. Together with 2,000 high-frequency general-purpose words, as well as words bearing no or minimal learning load, PRAWL reaches a coverage close to 95% in this corpus. We validate PRAWL in three independent corpora and also discuss the pedagogical implications and recommendations regarding its use. The list is intended for students of physics who do not have a command of English which is sufficiently adequate for reading research articles in it without outside support. En este estudio se ha construido una Lista de Palabras de Art & iacute;culos de Investigaci & oacute;n de F & iacute;sica (PRAWL), que incluye el vocabulario ingl & eacute;s m & aacute;s utilizado en el g & eacute;nero de art & iacute;culos de investigaci & oacute;n de f & iacute;sica fuera del vocabulario para uso general m & aacute;s frecuente. PRAWL puede ser de gran utilidad en ingl & eacute;s para la ense & ntilde;anza y el aprendizaje de la f & iacute;sica. Esta lista de palabras acad & eacute;micas espec & iacute;ficas de disciplinas se produjo a partir de un corpus de 1,25 millones de palabras corrientes y consta de 200 art & iacute;culos de investigaci & oacute;n de f & iacute;sica. PRAWL contiene 929 palabras y tiene una cobertura del 17,48% en el corpus del que fue derivada la Lista PRAWL. Junto con 2.000 palabras para uso general de alta frecuencia, as & iacute; como palabras que tienen una carga de aprendizaje m & iacute;nima o nula, PRAWL alcanza una cobertura cercana al 95% en este corpus. Validamos PRAWL en tres corpus independientes y tambi & eacute;n discutimos sobre las implicaciones pedag & oacute;gicas y las recomendaciones con respecto a su uso. La lista va dirigida a estudiantes de f & iacute;sica que no tienen un dominio del ingl & eacute;s que sea lo suficientemente adecuado para leer art & iacute;culos de investigaci & oacute;n en ingl & eacute;s sin alg & uacute;n apoyo externo.
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