The English Language Center (ELC)’s Academic Vocabulary Guide resource series was developed as a way to provide English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners at Vanderbilt University the opportunity to better learn and retain academic vocabulary.

Our Academic Vocabulary Guide provides learners with:

• research-proven strategies to meet the challenges of vocabulary learning and retention in the context of academics
• rationales for why and how particular strategies work
• guidance on how to effectively choose and implement the strategies
• references that validate or refute the usefulness of particular strategies for specific tasks

Downloads

The ELC’s Academic Vocabulary Guide resource series is available for download as individual documents:

Academic Vocabulary Guide

• Vocabulary Development Strategies

Academic Vocabulary Guide: Brief Supplements

• Selecting Words to Study
• Word Cards
• Spacing Interaction with Words

Links

Institutional Repository

Persistent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/15356