Kamola Khalilova
Academic vocabulary is considered the most important factor in increasing learners’ lexical competence, critical thinking, and making decisions, mainly at primary school, secondary school, and university. Therefore, there have already been numerous investigations related to this topic. However, when it comes to teaching and studying academic vocabulary in the education system, there would be some problems about what kinds of instructions should be utilized by educators and what sorts of methods are proper for learners. Moreover, not only native students but also international university students might face difficulties with studying and understanding English academic vocabulary. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to shed more light on the importance, facilitations of academic vocabulary in the teaching and studying process by reviewing what have been found previously, through analysis of theoretical frameworks. The paper will also focus on how to teach academic vocabulary to adult EFL and ESL learners at intermediate level and also secondary school ELL learners.
