July 3, 2024
Words
How many words do you know in your target language? I recently took an online test that claimed I know around 4,000 words in English. The website stated that most adult fluent English speakers have around 20,000–35,000 words in their vocabulary. I wonder how many words I know in my native language, but I guess there isn't a reliable way to count it. And knowing a word is one thing, using it at my disposal is another. Maybe I can translate an English word into my native language and understand it in a sentence, but I can't pronounce it or come up with it in conversation without thinking. I think that's why most language learners have higher levels in reading and listening than in writing and speaking.
Fun fact: The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words. In our country, the Ministry of Education created an online official dictionary website for students, which contains around 160,000 vocabulary items.
Words
How many words do you know in your target language?
I recently took an online test that claimed I know around 4,000 words in English.
The website stated that most adult fluenfluent adult English speakers have around 20,000–35,000 words in their vocabulary.
I wonder how many words I know in my native language, but I guess there isn't a reliable way to count it.
And knowing a word is one thing, but using it at my disposal is another.
Maybe I can translate an English word into my native language and understand it in a sentence, but I can't pronounce it or come up with it in conversation without thinking.
I think that's why most language learners have higher levels in reading and listening than in writing and speaking.
Fun fact: The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words.
In our country, the Ministry of Education created an online official dictionary website for students, which contains around 160,000 vocabulary itemwords.
Feedback
40,000 words?! That seems a little high! Maaaybe a native speaker (which includes slang, specialized topics, etc.)?
I thought C2, which is the highest level of language proficiency in Europe, "only" required 5000-10000 words.
HSK 6 in Chinese "only" requires 5000 (but 2500個漢字)
Interesting!
July 3, 2024
Only 4000 words haha!Thanks for your feedback!
Words
How many words do you know in your target language?
I recently took an online test that claimed I know around 4,000 words in English.
The website stated that most adult fluent English speakers have around 20,000–35,000 words in their vocabulary.
I wonder how many words I know in my native language, but I guess there isn't a reliable way to count it.
And knowing a word is one thing, using it at my disposal is another.
Maybe I can translate an English word into my native language and understand it in a sentence, but I can't pronounce it or come up with it in conversation without thinking.
I think that's why most language learners have higher levels in reading and listening than in writing and speaking.
Fun fact: The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words.
In our country, the Ministry of Education created an online official dictionary website for students, which contains around 160,000 vocabulary items.
July 3, 2024
Thank you so much!
Words
How many words do you know in your target language?
I recently took an online test that claimed I know around 4,000 words in English.
The website stated that most adult fluent English speakers have around 20,000–35,000 words in their vocabulary.
I wonder how many words I know in my native language, but I guess there isn't a reliable way to count it.
And knowing a word is one thing, using it at my disposal is another.
Maybe I can translate an English word into my native language and understand it in a sentence, but I can't pronounce it or come up with it in conversation without thinking.
I think that's why most language learners have higher levels in reading and listening than in writing and speaking.
Fun fact: The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words.
In our country, the Ministry of Education created an online official dictionary website for students, which contains around 160,000 vocabulary items.
Feedback
These sentences are amazing, no correction needed at all. If you’re actually wondering, I have no idea how many English words I know as a native, but maybe the 20-35,000 words are right? Learned many new facts from your post!
July 3, 2024
Thanks for your kind words:)
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