Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Language Education and Research, cilt.7, sa.2, ss.405-425, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
In this study, the aim was to determine academic words in academic
Turkish teaching sets, to describe the numerical and rational
distribution of these academic words, and to make a comparison
between the vocabulary of engineering/health sciences and social
sciences. Vocabulary units classified as social sciences and
engineering/health sciences were evaluated in terms of their
percentages in their own categories, the most frequently used word
types, and conceptual features, and to analyze the differences in use
between social and engineering/health sciences, the Mann–Whitney U
test was applied. The result of the study indicated that the frequency of
academic words’ use (7%-8%) is lower than their use count; however,
when the number of single uses was considered in terms of developing
comprehension and explanation skills, it is highly important. In this
research, it was determined that social science and engineering/health
sciences’ vocabulary haven’t a significant difference in term of both
total vocabulary frequency and academic words’ frequency. In this
case, it can be said that academic vocabulary in academic texts does
not contain numerical differences in terms of social sciences and
natural-health sciences.