Academic English Needs: Vocabulary

Use the following table to find out what your academic English language needs for writing are and your ability in each area. You can then work out your priorities.

Vocabulary	How important is it for you to perform these tasks well in English?				How well can you perform these tasks in English?
	Not important	Quite important	Very important	Essential	Not at all	Not well	Quite well	Very well

1. General English Words
2. General Academic Words
3. Less Frequent Words
4. Subject Specific Words
5. Dictionary Use
6. Learning Techniques
7. Nouns
8. Verbs
9. Word Order
10. Word Formation
11. Adjectives
12. Adverbs