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Old 27-Aug-2008, 12:03
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Question How many English words gotta be mastered for a foreign learner?

How many words are needed to really speak a English language?
And how many English words does a foreigner have to know?
How many words does a learner study per day?
Are there strategies available to enable foreign students to learn these words more?

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Old 27-Aug-2008, 17:41
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Default Re: How many English words gotta be mastered for a foreign learner?

Welcome to the forums.

There are different views on this - particularly as verbs are conjugated, so do you count a verb as one word or more than one word.

However, between 600 and 1000 words is probably the minimum for reasonable fluency.


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