If you’re overwhelmed by the notion of teaching academic vocabulary to ELL students, remember that choosing words strategically can help students use--and retain--new vocabulary.

Academic vocabulary instruction should be tailored to individual students’ needs. PHENPHAYOM/Shutterstock However, not all bilingual students recognise a cognate word when they see or hear one.

My son’s experience is a model for how teachers should approach academic vocabulary in their classrooms. Give students opportunities to experience, observe, or discover a concept first, and name ...

The foreign graduate student in an American university needs to exhibit a wide range of academic skills. To participate effectively in the research-oriented environment of the American university, he ...

Do you have to write academic texts and essays? We give you some tips on how to do it.

Robert Poole, Concordance-based Glosses for Academic Vocabulary Acquisition, CALICO Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4 (2012), pp. 679-693 ...

Our guide to the English language skills you need for further education. Topics include: academic vocabulary; essay structure; writing in online discussion forums; the language of academic ...