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L1 speakers of English can generally use about 1000 different words by the time they start school aged 5 years old.
About 2000 words may be enough for general social purposes (even for adults).
http://leap.tki.org.nz/How-many-words-should-my-students-know

and this...

„1) How many words are in English? „
988,968 different words (Payack, 2006)
2)„ Native speakers typically learn 1000 word families each year of their life (Nation, 2001)
3) Typical university graduate
~20,000 word families (Nation, 2001)
4) How many words does a non-native speaker know?
„ Many adult learners of EFL know less than 5000 word families

Autor:	Jazz
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Data:	22/DEZ/2011 1:16 AM
Assunto:	# of words/time


Mensagem:	Found this, but not enough... it may seem silly, but it means a lot for some data I have been collecting on vocabulary learning. L1 speakers of English can generally use about 1000 different words by the time they start school aged 5 years old. About 2000 words may be enough for general social purposes (even for adults). http://leap.tki.org.nz/How-many-words-should-my-students-know and this... „1) How many words are in English? „ 988,968 different words (Payack, 2006) 2)„ Native speakers typically learn 1000 word families each year of their life (Nation, 2001) 3) Typical university graduate ~20,000 word families (Nation, 2001) 4) How many words does a non-native speaker know? „ Many adult learners of EFL know less than 5000 word families