ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (07/01/2026) is SPECIFICATION: 1. a detailed description showing how something is to be done or made (or is made), including a list of materials and components. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (06/01/2026) is PARTICIPATE: to become involved in an activity or event. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (05/01/2026) is CONDUCT: behaviour (especially with regard to how other people are treated). More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (01/01/2026) is EXPERTISE: skill and/or knowledge in a particular area. We could use a lot more of that. Happy New Year! More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (31/12/2025) is INCIDENT: 1. an event; something which happens (often unexpectedly); 2. a criminal or violent act. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (30/12/2025) is INPUT: something put into the start of a process. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (29/12/2025) is INTELLIGENCE: 1. the ability use logic and reasoning to process and use information; 2. information (often secret or military). More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (24/12/2025) is RATIONAL: using reason and logic. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (23/12/2025) is REVELATION: the sudden appearance or understanding of something previously hidden or not understood. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (22/12/2025) is TRACE: 1. a small sign, indication; 2. a very small amount of a substance (often used in the plural - traces). More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (19/12/2025) is SUBSTITUTE: to replace one thing with another. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (18/12/2025) is TARGET: a future goal, level or amount to be reached. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (17/12/2025) is TRANSITORY: lasting for a short time. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (16/12/2025) is ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: the act of recognising the existence or value of something or someone. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (15/12/2025) is ALLOCATE: to distribute or set aside for a particular purpose. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

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ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (12/12/2025) is ASSIGN: 1. to give a particular value or property to something; 2. to give someone a particular job, task, or responsibility. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky


ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (11/12/2025) is COOPERATION: the act of working together for a common or reciprocal benefit. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (10/12/2025) is DISCRIMINATE: 1. to divide into categories based on perceived differences; 2. to treat differently based on biases or prejudices. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (09/12/2025) is DIVERSITY: the inclusion of people or things with different characteristics in one group. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky


ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (08/12/2025) is EDIT: 1. to make changes to a text, image, film, code, or genes; 2. to have control of a publication such as a newspaper of magazine. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (05/12/2025) is FACILITATE: to make easy or easy to use, promote, stimulate. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (04/12/2025) is IMPRECISE: not precise, accurate or reliable. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (03/12/2025) is LIBERATION: the act or process of being freed from something, political or otherwise. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (02/12/2025) is LOGIC: a rational system of thinking. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (01/12/2025) is MARGINAL: lower, less important; at the edges of rather than central. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (28/11/2025) is MONITOR: to watch carefully and record what happens. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (27/11/2025) is PERSPECTIVE: a particular way of looking or thinking about something. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (26/11/2025) is RATIO: the relationship between two numbers or amounts; a fraction. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (25/11/2025) is REJECTION: the act of being rejected; the refusal to accept something or someone. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (24/11/2025) is STABLE: unchanging, steady. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (21/11/2025) is UNDERTAKE: to start a task with the intention or promise of completing it. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (20/11/2025) is UNPREDICTABLE: difficult to anticipate how something might behave or change. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (19/11/2025) is ADJUST: to make a small change in order to improve something. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (18/11/2025) is ALTER: to make a change in the characteristics or behaviour of something. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky

"..the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function. What value, after all, is there in automating art, thinking, or reading – especially in educational and academic settings? None" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (17/11/2025) is AMEND: to make a change to a text, often a legal one such as a law or constitution. More, with examples, at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (14/11/2025) is CONSULT: to ask for advice from an expert. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (13/11/2025) is DECLINE: 1. to become smaller;
2. to refuse an offer. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (12/11/2025) is ENTITY: something which exists as an independent unit. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (11/11/2025) is EXPAND: to grow, enlarge, become bigger. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (10/11/2025) is EXTERNAL: outside. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (07/11/2025) is IMPLICATE: 1. to show or suggest that someone is involved in a crime or misdeed.
2. to suggest a cause and effect connection. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (06/11/2025) is INTERNAL: located inside something. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (05/11/2025) is INVESTIGATION: a careful search for information about a specific issue. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (04/11/2025) is OBVIOUS: easy to see and understand. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky