Averil Coxhead's word lists

AWL related word lists for EAP Science, Middle School, technical word lists for trades, and bilingual English/Tongan technical word lists for trades.

The Academic Word List

The Academic Word List  (Coxhead, 2000) is a useful English resource for lecturers and students.

The EAP Science List

The EAP Science list (PDF, 57KB)  was developed by Coxhead & Hirsh from a written corpus of 15 Science subjects, following principles from Coxhead's Academic Word List.

Middle School Lists

Middle School Lists (Greene & Coxhead, 2015)

Technical word lists in the trades

Word lists in Carpentry, Plumbing, Automotive Engineering and Fabrication were developed as part of the Language in Trades Education Project.

Bilingual English/Tongan technical word list for trades education

Coxhead, A. & Tu'amoheloa, F. (2019). Bilingual English-Tongan Technical Word List for Plumbing. ELI Occasional Publication No. 30. Wellington: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.

Coxhead, A. & Tu'amoheloa, F. (2019). Bilingual English-Tongan Technical Word List for Automotive Technology. ELI Occasional Publication No. 31. Wellington: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.

Coxhead, A. & Tu'amoheloa, F. (2019). Bilingual English-Tongan Technical Word List for Carpentry. ELI Occasional Publication No. 32. Wellington: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.

Coxhead, A. & Tu'amoheloa, F. (2019). Bilingual English-Tongan Technical Word List for Fabrication. ELI Occasional Publication No. 33. Wellington: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.