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Language isn't about knowing words. It's knowing how to use the words you know. There are over 750,000 words in the Englsih language and it changes all the time.
- Language isn't about knowing words.
- It's knowing how to use the words you know.
- There are over 750,000 words in the Englsih language and it changes all the time.
- Most native speakers know about 20,000 of these.
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Language isn't about knowing words. It's knowing how to use the words you know. There are over 750,000 words in the Englsih language and it changes all the time. Most native speakers know about 20,000 of these.
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sajanrichardhow many words should know an english teacher?How many words should an English teacher know?
Most of them. (It depends on the level at which he proposes to teach.)
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20,000 would be more than enough.
I've seen the claim that if you know the 2,000 most frequently used words of English, you will know 96% of the words in any typical conversation.
The problem is that so many words have multiple meanings and/or occur in idioms that just memorizing one word after another as isolated words won't help much. You need to learn many combinations of
I've seen the claim that if you know the 2,000 most frequently used words of English, you will know 96% of the words in any typical conversation.
The problem is that so many words have multiple meanings and/or occur in idioms that just memorizing one word after another as isolated words won't help much. You need to learn many combinations of
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Hi,
how many words should know an english teacher?
Don't forget grammar.
how many words should know an english teacher?
Don't forget grammar.
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