I sometimes receive questions from students about the 'academic word list'. Here's what people want to know:
Is this list useful for IELTS preparation?
The short answer (in my opinion) is no. I've never used the academic word list with IELTS students.
Here's a longer answer:
Of course there are lots of useful words on the academic word list, and it would be great if you knew all of them. But remember: understanding is not the same as using. You would need to spend time learning how to use the words correctly in phrases and sentences. Furthermore, the list contains only individual words; you need to build your knowledge of phrases and collocations, and the list doesn't help you with that.
If you're preparing for IELTS, I think you have other priorities: test practice, exam techniques, question types, topic vocabulary, phrases and collocations, reducing grammar mistakes etc. Unless you have a lot of study time, I wouldn't include the academic word list in your study schedule.
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