A Study of Academic Vocabulary Used in the Abstracts of Business and Management Journals

Pi-Ching Chen ； Kai-Cheng Hu ； Jhen-Ying Ho

《Taiwan International ESP Journal》 1卷1期 (2009/12) Pp. 51-75

https://doi.org/10.6706/TIESPJ.2009.1.1.3

並列摘要

The use of academic vocabulary is a crucial focus in the teaching and learning of English for academic purposes (EAP); however, it often causes a great deal of difficulty for language learners (Chung & Nation, 2003; Cobb & Horst, 2004; Cohen, Glasman, Rosenbaum-Cohen, Ferrara, & Fine, 1988; Coxhead & Nation, 2001). The main purpose of the study is to explore the frequency and use of Coxhead's (1998) academic word list (AWL) in the abstracts of business and management (B&M) journal articles. To investigate and compare the different use of AWL vocabulary in Taiwanese and international B&M journal abstracts, the study collected 880 English abstracts from the fields of business management (BM) and technology management (TM). All the selected abstracts were analyzed with the VocabProfile application of Compleat Lexical Tutor, a software package that is used to perform lexical text analysis andmeasure the proportions of low and high frequency vocabulary. The major findings of this study were that AWL vocabulary was frequently used in B&M journal abstracts and that the abstracts of the international B&M journals used many more academic words than the English abstracts of Taiwanese journal papers. This study also provided a frequency-based academic word list for non-native speaking (NNS) graduate students to assist in both their comprehension and appropriate use of academic vocabulary when reading texts and writing academic papers.

並列關鍵字

Business and Management B&M Journals ； Academic Word List AWL ； Business Management BM ； Technology Management TM

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