How many words do we need to know? When are we fluent? How useful are graded readers? It all depends.
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4 comments on “Word count, graded readers and fluency”
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I’ve always heard that a vocabulary that sits at around 3000 words is good enough, though I’m sure you can manage with knowing less. It all really does depend on your situation.
I guess it depends on your goals, on what you mean by good enough.
Hi,
so as far I understand I should read content that interesting me? So NO storybook for children but for example IT books (programing, network etc.), is that right? I am ask because someone said that I should read very easy books where I knew 90-95% of words if I want learn English fast.
I don’t like reading children’s books. I don’t think you need to limit yourself to content where you know 90-95% of the words. Get on LingQ instead and learn from content of interest, reading and listening to the same material.