1000 Must-Know Words

When learning any language one comes across the difficult decision of what to prioritize. Given the enormous amount of content to learn and the material available one has to choose carefully what to and what not to spend time on. Well, regarding vocabulary bear in mind that even though English has well over 500000 words you don't need to tackle them all. In fact, you'd be surprised with how few you can get by. 

The thing is that we're always using the SAME words, no matter how much we speak. These words are normally determiners, prepositions, quantifiers and the usual over-worn verbs. So, a good piece of advice is to stick to the basics and be pragmatic at first, there'll be lots of time to get into more difficult stuff. 

Here is a link to a useful 1000 word list that can help you get started, or check up on how much you know.
http://www.stclementacademy.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_178497/File/frequent_used_word.pdf


I recommend reading this two part article on the matter. You'll find it quite interesting!


http://www.lingholic.com/how-many-words-do-i-need-to-know/
http://www.lingholic.com/how-many-words-do-i-need-to-know-the-955-rule-in-language-learning-part-2/

Enjoy!!