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British Council - Word Family Framework. About What is the Word Family Framework (WFF)?

British Council - Word Family Framework

The WFF is a searchable resource for teachers and learners of English that consists of over 22,000 vocabulary items arranged according to six levels aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference. English Vocabulary - General Service List. Ademic Word List - School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.

Compleat Lexical Tutor. Is There a Core General Vocabulary? Introducing the New General Service List. Learning vocabulary is a complex process in which the learner needs to acquire both the form and the variety of meanings of a given lexical item.

Is There a Core General Vocabulary? Introducing the New General Service List

For beginner learners the main question, of course, is where to start. General vocabulary wordlists can assist in this process by providing common vocabulary items that occur frequently across different texts (Nation and Waring 1997; Nation 2001; Beglar and Hunt 2005; Carter 2012). A New General Service List.