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An easy-mathematical way to study vocabulary - I promise simple calculations I would like to share an interesting simple-mathematical thought about learning vocabulary with you. Probably you heard the claim (or fact) that knowing 2500 words covers more than 85% of your target language vocabulary. Which means that with the proper order you will be able to speak the language fluently enough (in this case is about English, Chris Lonsdale explain this idea better than I do on Ted). Therefore, I took that fact and thought to play a little check math. In one year there are 365 days. If I study one word per day, then after one year I already know 365. Moreover, with a simple calculation after 7 years I would probably know the whole words except if some words will decide to take a little journey in the darkest places in my head and lost for a while. However, let me be more realistic... when we study a language even in our first day we are able to remember at list 10 words with no problem PER DAY! Not an hard task even for my 6-year-old little cousin. Now let us play with math… 10 multiple 365 days per year should be 3650 words per year. More than you actually need. In order to achieve your goal (2500 words) you will need only 250 days that are approximately 8 months. The ball in your hand now, decide what to do... good luck! Commons and corrections will gladly be accepted !
Feb 14, 2015 6:41 PM
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An easy mathematical way to study vocabulary - I promise simple calculations

I would like to share an interesting simple mathematical thought about learning vocabulary with you. 
<em>(I took two dashes off above, they are not needed)  </em><em>(It is better to say "I would like to share with you and interesting..." so that the 'with you' is clearly connected with 'to share' rather than with 'learning vocabulary')</em>

Probably you heard the claim (or fact) that knowing 2500 words covers more than 85% of your target language vocabulary - which means that with the proper order <em>(it's unclear what 'the proper order' refers to) </em>you will be able to speak the language fluently enough (in this case it is about English, Chris Lonsdale explain this idea better than I do on Ted).
Therefore, I took that fact and thought to play a little with the math.

In one year there are 365 days. If I study one word per day, then after one year I already know 365 words. Moreover, with a simple calculation after 7 years I would probably know all the whole words except if some words will decide to take a little journey in the darkest places in my head and get lost for a while.
However, let me be more realistic... when we study a language even on our first day we are able to remember at least 10 words with no problem, PER DAY! Not a hard task even for my 6-year-old little cousin.
Now let us play with the math… 10 times <em>(or </em>multiplied by<em>)</em> 365 days per year is/equals 3650 words per year. More than you actually need. In order to achieve your goal (2500 words) you will need only 250 days - that is, approximately 8 months.

The ball is in your hand now, decide what to do... good luck!

Comments and corrections will gladly be accepted!

 

<em>Note, "a hard task" - when the h is pronounced, like in 'hard' the article before it is 'a'.  When the h is not pronounced, like in 'hour', the article that precedes it is 'an'.</em> 

 

Interesting posting!  Thanks for sharing!  : )

February 15, 2015

This is very interesting, and gets me more excited for my Spanish adventure right now (and Hebrew of course!) Here are some corrections.

 

Here is an easy-mathematical way to study vocabulary - I promise simple calculations.

I would like to share an interesting simple-mathematical thought about learning vocabulary with you.

You have probably you heard the claim (or fact) that knowing 2500 words covers more than 85% of your target language vocabulary. This Which (Which works, but this is better here) means that with the proper order you will be able to speak the language fluently enough (in this case it is about English, Chris Lonsdale explain this idea better than I do on Ted).
Therefore, I took that this fact and thought to play a little check math.  "play with the numbers" sounds good here. you could also say: I took this fact and thought to do a little math. Check and math sound redundant together.

In one year there are 365 days. If I study one word per day, then after one year I already know 365. Moreover, with a simple calculation after 7 years I would probably know the whole words all 2500 words except if some words will decide to take a little journey in the darkest places in my head and lost for a while. (This is something i've never really heard in English- i've heard people say things like "get lost in my head") I get it though.
However, let me be more realistic... when we study a language even in during our first day we are able to remember at list least 10 words with no problem PER DAY! This is not an hard task even for my 6-year-old little cousin.
Now let us play with math… 10 multipled by 365 days per year should be 3650 words per year. More than you actually need. In order to achieve your goal (2500 words) you will need only 250 days, which is that are approximately 8 months.

The ball is in your hand now, decide what to do... good luck!

Commons and corrections will gladly be accepted !

February 14, 2015
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