Academic Vocabulary in Written, Spoken, and Digital Discourses

Academic Vocabulary in Written, Spoken, and Digital Discourses: Implications for English for Academic Purposes and English Medium Instruction provides a comprehensive review of cutting-edge research on academic vocabulary in the last three decades and its applications for EAP and EMI research and practice.Drawing on empirical evidence from the findings of different strands of vocabulary research (e.g., word list studies, incidental vocabulary learning, deliberate vocabulary learning, vocabulary testing and assessment, vocabulary learning strategies, teacher cognition), this volume is divided into three main parts: description, assessment, and pedagogy, as follows:• Part 1 provides a research-based up-to-date description of the nature of vocabulary in academic written, spoken, and digital discourses and the vocabulary needed for successful comprehension of each discourse type• Part 2 discusses how EAP/EMI students’ knowledge of academic vocabulary can be assessed, the extent to which these students know these items, and how vocabulary knowledge is related to other aspects of language assessment.• Part 3 draws together research and online tools, including GenAI, and recommends ways to help EAP/EMI students narrow the lexical gap between what they already know and what they should know to effectively comprehend and communicate in academic discourse. It also provides suggestions for future pedagogical research and theoretical framework development in academic vocabulary studies.Written by authors with extensive research expertise in academic vocabulary and experience working in EAP/EMI courses, Academic vocabulary in written, spoken, and digital discourses is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers in vocabulary, EAP/English for Specific Purposes (ESP)/EMI and Applied Linguistics, as well as practitioners in EAP/ESP/EMI programs.