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 #17 (permalink) Fri May 16, 2008 17:35 pm How can I count how many English words I Know? |
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| #18 (permalink) Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:23 am How can I count how many English words I Know? |
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Hi Lost Soul,
I am also making research about how many english words should a person know in order for him understand the language. Can you give me reference (e-books name or website ) that could help me? It seems that you're knowledgeable about the topic based on your answer. Thanks in advance.
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That's an interesting question !
First off, you need to define what kind of vocablurary you want to assess - passive (the words that ring a bell, but never spring to mind when you're speaking) and active (the words that you actually use in your speech).
In fact, the average native speaker of English makes do with upwards of 2000 words (or less) (i.e. the active vocabulary of the average native speaker is 2000 words or so). |
As for methods, I'm not yet familiar with any of them, except for an old reliable counting :).
But you may know tons of words and at the same time can't "tie them together", use them in different contexts, mix them with each other, forming idioms, set expressions, etc. So, in my opinion a person should not be bent on aquiring a big big vocabulary, but instead learn set expressions that are composed of that number of words he knows. Well, my last remark was a bit beside the point :) |
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| #19 (permalink) Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:30 am How can I count how many English words I Know? |
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Hi Lost Soul,
I am also making research about how many english words should a person know in order for him understand the language. Can you give me reference (e-books name or website ) that could help me? It seems that you're knowledgeable about the topic based on your answer. Thanks in advance. |
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| #20 (permalink) Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:34 am How can I count how many English words I Know? |
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How many English words should a native speaker know by the age of 16, 20, 25 and 30 years?
How many English words should a learner of the English language know by the age of 16, 20, 25 and 30 years? |
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| #21 (permalink) Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:34 am How can I count how many English words I Know? |
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| somebody help me, please. |
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| #23 (permalink) Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:24 am How can I count how many English words I Know? |
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| yeah iknow... thanks for the link! thank u, thank u |
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