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So this is a little different from my normal posts, but I’ve had a couple of people ask me how I learned Korean and for tips and tricks so this is a compilation of the tips and tricks that I personally used to help me learn.
First-Study, study, study. Spend at least a couple hours a week (or as much time as you can) practicing and learning new words and pronunciation.
Second-Speak! If you're like me and no one around you is Korean its really difficult to find someone to speak to and thats okay, just talk to yourself and say the new words out loud when you learn/practice them.
Third-Use as many senses as you can. Write the word down, read it, say it, hear it. This will help you to remember it. I’ve even heard of drawing pictures that goes along with the word.
Fourth-Remember the basics! The basics are super important in any language but especially in languages that have a different alphabet and different sounds than in your first language, and its really important that you remember them.
Fifth-Take advantage of the free apps/websites online. These are super useful and really helpful when you're trying to learn and you don't have a teacher, or even for practicing what your teacher gave you.
Sixth-Use YouTube to help with learning new words, writing in hangul, the different sounds that the hangul make, etc. Trust me it works wonders.
Seventh-Label everything. And I mean everything. Your house, objects, and work items that you have. This is an easy way to help remember what the name of these certain things are because you see the label whenever you use it.
Eighth-Keep a set notebook for that language. You need to have a designated notebook for just Korean or else it will get confusing and difficult to read through your notes.
Ninth-After taking notes for a certain period of time, (I do mine for about a week), look back through your notes and rearrange them a clean sheet of paper in a way that makes better sense.
Tenth-When practicing your pronunciation stick a pencil in your mouth sideways so that your teeth rest on it and speak around the pencil. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CHOKE ON THE PENCIL! This will help your mouth form the words in ways that is normally difficult for English speakers.
Eleventh-Learn Bachim. Just learn it. This will make life so much easier as you go through and continue learning. Just do it.
Twelfth-Dont be afraid to find a pen pal or someone who's willing to talk online in and about Korean. I know it might seem scary at first but trust me, it really helps you grow in confidence and fix any little mistakes that the computer cant help you catch.
Thirteenth-Watch KDramas/KPOP. I know you've probably heard this before but heres why you should so it. When you listen to how they speak and pronounce the words it helps you to correct your own speaking mistakes and help develop an accent.
Fourteenth-Listen to as many different accents as you can. If you get used to the Seal accent then when someone from Busan tries to talk to you you will most likely not be able to understand them, simply because of the slight differences in pronunciation.
Fifteenth-As soon as you feel comfortable enough or decide that you need to there are plenty of apps or websites where you can actually interact with Korean teenagers like yourself, most of the time over KPOP or KDRAMAS and it will help build your confidence.
This is is all I could really think of but please feel free to add your own thoughts, opinions, tips, tricks and information on the subject! And last but not least, remember you're not alone or weird for trying to learn Korean. It’s a beautiful language that can sometimes be really difficult. Just keep your head up and keep trying and I promise you'll make it!
We have the same madness - but in german. :D.
JEIN ( yes/no) = yes but not really
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Routledge Masterpost
Here are all of the Routledge Grammar PDFs that I currently have. I’ll be updating whenever I find more. Let me know if there’s one in particular you want me to look for^^
Last Update: 2017/04/24
Fixed Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook link
Added books for Czech, English, French, French Creoles, Persian, Ukranian
Added more books in Cantonese, Danish, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Swedish
Arabic
Arabic: An Essential Grammar Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar
Cantonese
Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook
Czech
Czech: An Essential Grammar
Danish
Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar Danish: An Essential Grammar
Dutch
Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar Dutch: An Essential Grammar Intermediate Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook
English
English: An Essential Grammar
Finnish
Finnish: An Essential Grammar
French
Modern French Grammar Workbook
French Creoles
French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar
German
Basic German: A Grammar and Workbook German: An Essential Grammar Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook
Greek
Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language
Hindi
Hindi: An Essential Grammar
Hebrew
Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar
Hungarian
Hungarian: An Essential Grammar
Indonesian
Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar
Irish
Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Irish: A Grammar and Workbook
Italian
Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook
Japanese
Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar
Korean
Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar
Latin
Intensive Basic Latin: A Grammar and Workbook Intensive Intermediate Latin: A Grammar and Workbook
Latvian
Latvian: An Essential Grammar
Mandarin Chinese
Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar Chinese: An Essential Grammar
Norwegian
Norwegian: An Essential Grammar
Persian
Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook
Polish
Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar Polish: An Essential Grammar
Portuguese
Portuguese: An Essential Grammar
Romanian
Romanian: An Essential Grammar
Russian
Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook
Serbian
Serbian: An Essential Grammar
Spanish
Basic Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Spanish: An Essential Grammar
Swahili
Swahili Grammar and Workbook
Swedish
Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar Swedish: An Essential Grammar
Thai
Thai: An Essential Grammar
Turkish
Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar
Ukrainian
Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar
Urdu
Urdu: An Essential Grammar
Welsh
Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar
Yiddish
Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Textbook
Hope this helps everyone out a bit! Happy studying^^
-koreanbreeze
Routledge Masterpost
Here are all of the Routledge Grammar PDFs that I currently have. I’ll be updating whenever I find more. Let me know if there’s one in particular you want me to look for^^
Last Update: 2017/04/24
Fixed Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook link
Added books for Czech, English, French, French Creoles, Persian, Ukranian
Added more books in Cantonese, Danish, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Swedish
Arabic
Arabic: An Essential Grammar Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar
Cantonese
Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook
Czech
Czech: An Essential Grammar
Danish
Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar Danish: An Essential Grammar
Dutch
Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar Dutch: An Essential Grammar Intermediate Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook
English
English: An Essential Grammar
Finnish
Finnish: An Essential Grammar
French
Modern French Grammar Workbook
French Creoles
French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar
German
Basic German: A Grammar and Workbook German: An Essential Grammar Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook
Greek
Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language
Hindi
Hindi: An Essential Grammar
Hebrew
Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar
Hungarian
Hungarian: An Essential Grammar
Indonesian
Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar
Irish
Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Irish: A Grammar and Workbook
Italian
Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook
Japanese
Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar
Korean
Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar
Latin
Intensive Basic Latin: A Grammar and Workbook Intensive Intermediate Latin: A Grammar and Workbook
Latvian
Latvian: An Essential Grammar
Mandarin Chinese
Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar Chinese: An Essential Grammar
Norwegian
Norwegian: An Essential Grammar
Persian
Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook
Polish
Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar Polish: An Essential Grammar
Portuguese
Portuguese: An Essential Grammar
Romanian
Romanian: An Essential Grammar
Russian
Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook
Serbian
Serbian: An Essential Grammar
Spanish
Basic Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Spanish: An Essential Grammar
Swahili
Swahili Grammar and Workbook
Swedish
Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar Swedish: An Essential Grammar
Thai
Thai: An Essential Grammar
Turkish
Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar
Ukrainian
Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar
Urdu
Urdu: An Essential Grammar
Welsh
Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar
Yiddish
Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Textbook
Hope this helps everyone out a bit! Happy studying^^
-koreanbreeze
an autistic’s foreign language study tips
preparation
choose a specific notebook for everything you learn. having one place to put everything down helps with organising your own brain. it doesn’t matter what your notebook looks like, but I would recommend finding a pretty or good quality one - it helps you see your language practice as more valuable and significant to your life
create a system to keep track of your progress, and DATE EVERYTHING. this is big in self-motivation and encouragement. if you have tangible evidence of how far you have come, it is easier to convince yourself, your self-doubt and anxiety, that you ARE doing good
put together or find a few playlists of songs sung in your chosen language to listen to, while you study or in your free time. this is called immersion. regardless of whether you understand the words or not, this gets you used to hearing your chosen language. the music itself can be catchy or chill, but most importantly, music in general trains your brain to focus (esp for us peeps who struggle with studying in silence). alternatively, podcasts or youtube videos are great resources!! listening to how native speakers pronounce the language will train your brain to pronounce the words the same as you study and practice - just like how when you were learning your first language, the pronunciations of the people around you molded the way you speak. side note: if your executive functioning is making it difficult to study, listening to your chosen language can keep your brain in the mode of learning without the stress of sitting down to study.
beginning
learn the personal pronouns first. words like I, you, we, me, they, she, he, etc. are immensely helpful when writing simple sentences. once you learn the most commonly used verbs, you can use both to begin expressing yourself and things around you.
find a list of the top most commonly used verbs. study these using whichever method fits your learning style the best. try to master 10 first, then move onto 20, gradually increasing the amount of words you study/memorize. make sure you adjust to your own capabilities; don’t overwhelm yourself, but don’t forget to challenge yourself a little.
HANDWRITE your chosen verbs. this will aid in muscle memory. you can copy the words down once or a hundred times, whichever works best for you, but writing it in your own handwriting imprints the image of the word into your mind. once you become familiar with the look of the word, it will be easier to read and recognise it.
learn how to conjugate your chosen verbs. conjugating is probably the most difficult, BUT once you figure out the basics, it’s smooth sailing (aside from the irregular verbs. they can sink into the abyss).
balance learning verbs with learning easy vocabulary. for me, learning words such as flower, tea, and forest are somehow much easier to remember than most verbs. that’s because these are things that you can SEE. you have an object to connect the word with - bam! automatic association technique.
begin writing your own sentences. it doesn’t matter if the sentences don’t make sense, it’s even better because the stark ridiculousness of your imagination will help you remember your vocab.
learn the lyrics to songs in your foreign language. this will help you practice the speaking skill of language learning. and we all know lyrics are much easier to memorise than lists of vocabulary. side note: singing along to songs is an effective way of learning if you don’t have time to sit down and dedicate an hour to studying. it’s also super fun!
IMPORTANT!!! continue to record your progress, whether it be in a notebook or a digital platform. i can’t seem to keep up with a bullet journal, but whatever system you create to keep track of your improvement, update it OFTEN (every day, every other day, or every week). you might even have fun recording your pronunciation (on video or audio) to look back on a few months down the road.
maintaining
study as often as you can, but DO NOT pressure yourself to do so every day. if you physically cannot study every single day, try the two day method. keep up the habit of studying your chosen language as much as you can, but if you need a break day, TAKE IT. but don’t allow yourself to go without studying a second day. this will be a challenge, but depending on how you schedule yourself, there is plenty of time for rest and recuperation. side note: there are challenges that you can do to externally motivate yourself to study often, such as the 30 days of studying or 100 days of productivity trends.
begin a journal in your chosen language. writing little things about your day, your thoughts, your life will advance your language learning process. you will become more familiar with everyday expressions, verbs, nouns, and you will practice conjugating in a low-stress, low-pressure environment. AND if you write often, even if it’s just a few sentences or words, you will train your brain to think in your chosen language in a way that is personal and memorable.
start a quote book. translate quotes from english to your foreign language, or find quotes already in your foreign language, and WRITE THEM DOWN. this will expose you to new vocabulary and motivate you to discover new sentence structures. this way you can meld language learning with your favourite interests and self-motivate
translate the lyrics to songs you love. whether it’s from your first language to your second or your second to your first, translate the words that make you happy. this mixes your passion with something that is a little more challenging and builds motivation and self-esteem.
IMPORTANT!!! continue to keep track of your progress. update that system you created in the beginning. maybe even once you’ve become comfortable enough speaking simple sentences, you can record yourself on video or audio. and if it’s not too anxiety inducing, maybe you could share your video/audio to ask for critique
note: this is by NO means, a complete “guide to language learning”. this is simply a list of things that have helped me learn better and encouraged me to study more often.
an autistic’s foreign language study tips
preparation
choose a specific notebook for everything you learn. having one place to put everything down helps with organising your own brain. it doesn’t matter what your notebook looks like, but I would recommend finding a pretty or good quality one - it helps you see your language practice as more valuable and significant to your life
create a system to keep track of your progress, and DATE EVERYTHING. this is big in self-motivation and encouragement. if you have tangible evidence of how far you have come, it is easier to convince yourself, your self-doubt and anxiety, that you ARE doing good
put together or find a few playlists of songs sung in your chosen language to listen to, while you study or in your free time. this is called immersion. regardless of whether you understand the words or not, this gets you used to hearing your chosen language. the music itself can be catchy or chill, but most importantly, music in general trains your brain to focus (esp for us peeps who struggle with studying in silence). alternatively, podcasts or youtube videos are great resources!! listening to how native speakers pronounce the language will train your brain to pronounce the words the same as you study and practice - just like how when you were learning your first language, the pronunciations of the people around you molded the way you speak. side note: if your executive functioning is making it difficult to study, listening to your chosen language can keep your brain in the mode of learning without the stress of sitting down to study.
beginning
learn the personal pronouns first. words like I, you, we, me, they, she, he, etc. are immensely helpful when writing simple sentences. once you learn the most commonly used verbs, you can use both to begin expressing yourself and things around you.
find a list of the top most commonly used verbs. study these using whichever method fits your learning style the best. try to master 10 first, then move onto 20, gradually increasing the amount of words you study/memorize. make sure you adjust to your own capabilities; don’t overwhelm yourself, but don’t forget to challenge yourself a little.
HANDWRITE your chosen verbs. this will aid in muscle memory. you can copy the words down once or a hundred times, whichever works best for you, but writing it in your own handwriting imprints the image of the word into your mind. once you become familiar with the look of the word, it will be easier to read and recognise it.
learn how to conjugate your chosen verbs. conjugating is probably the most difficult, BUT once you figure out the basics, it’s smooth sailing (aside from the irregular verbs. they can sink into the abyss).
balance learning verbs with learning easy vocabulary. for me, learning words such as flower, tea, and forest are somehow much easier to remember than most verbs. that’s because these are things that you can SEE. you have an object to connect the word with - bam! automatic association technique.
begin writing your own sentences. it doesn’t matter if the sentences don’t make sense, it’s even better because the stark ridiculousness of your imagination will help you remember your vocab.
learn the lyrics to songs in your foreign language. this will help you practice the speaking skill of language learning. and we all know lyrics are much easier to memorise than lists of vocabulary. side note: singing along to songs is an effective way of learning if you don’t have time to sit down and dedicate an hour to studying. it’s also super fun!
IMPORTANT!!! continue to record your progress, whether it be in a notebook or a digital platform. i can’t seem to keep up with a bullet journal, but whatever system you create to keep track of your improvement, update it OFTEN (every day, every other day, or every week). you might even have fun recording your pronunciation (on video or audio) to look back on a few months down the road.
maintaining
study as often as you can, but DO NOT pressure yourself to do so every day. if you physically cannot study every single day, try the two day method. keep up the habit of studying your chosen language as much as you can, but if you need a break day, TAKE IT. but don’t allow yourself to go without studying a second day. this will be a challenge, but depending on how you schedule yourself, there is plenty of time for rest and recuperation. side note: there are challenges that you can do to externally motivate yourself to study often, such as the 30 days of studying or 100 days of productivity trends.
begin a journal in your chosen language. writing little things about your day, your thoughts, your life will advance your language learning process. you will become more familiar with everyday expressions, verbs, nouns, and you will practice conjugating in a low-stress, low-pressure environment. AND if you write often, even if it’s just a few sentences or words, you will train your brain to think in your chosen language in a way that is personal and memorable.
start a quote book. translate quotes from english to your foreign language, or find quotes already in your foreign language, and WRITE THEM DOWN. this will expose you to new vocabulary and motivate you to discover new sentence structures. this way you can meld language learning with your favourite interests and self-motivate
translate the lyrics to songs you love. whether it’s from your first language to your second or your second to your first, translate the words that make you happy. this mixes your passion with something that is a little more challenging and builds motivation and self-esteem.
IMPORTANT!!! continue to keep track of your progress. update that system you created in the beginning. maybe even once you’ve become comfortable enough speaking simple sentences, you can record yourself on video or audio. and if it’s not too anxiety inducing, maybe you could share your video/audio to ask for critique
note: this is by NO means, a complete “guide to language learning”. this is simply a list of things that have helped me learn better and encouraged me to study more often.
Language Learning Stats
*Different resources give slightly different answers, but in general, these are the results:
Elementary: 1,000 words
Intermediate: 3,000 words
Advanced: 6,000- 8,000 words
Highly educated native fluency: 25,000 words
CEFR Levels:
A1: 550 words
A2: 1100 words
B1: 2200 words
B2: 4400 words
C1: 8800 words
C2: 17600 words
1000 words
1000 words allow you to understand about 80% of the language which surrounds you, as long as it is not too specialized.
In theory, it sounds great. JUST 1000 words and you understand that much! Unfortunately, the remaining 20% is what really matters.
Just look at this sentence:
“I went to the … to buy …. but they told me that they can’t … .’
Sure, you understand a lot of words. But does it really help?
3000 words
3000 words allow you to understand about 95% of most ordinary texts (Hazenberg and Hulstijn, 1996).
It seems like a lot. Sure, on this level, you will be able to hold a decent conversation. You will also be able to get the general ideas and concepts of most of the articles.
BUT…general comprehension is not the same as full comprehension, as it involves some guessing.
Still, there is no shortage of enthusiasts who claim that such level is high enough to start picking up new words from context. However, researchers tend to disagree and say that the “magical” number of words which allows learning from the context is….(drum roll)
5000 words
5000 words allow you to understand about 98% of most ordinary texts (Nation (1990) and Laufer (1997)). Such a vocabulary size warrants also accurate contextual guessing (Coady et al., 1993; Hirsh & Nation, 1992; Laufer, 1997).
It means that you can function surrounded by this language without bigger problems. Sure, you will struggle if you want to formulate your thoughts really precisely, or when you encounter specialized vocabulary.
But other than that, you will be fine.
10,000 words
10,000 words allow you to understand about 99% of most texts (Nation (1990) and Laufer (1997)).
This is the pinnacle of language learning. A counterpart of having the vocabulary of a college graduate.
With that many words, you can express yourself with amazing precision and pass for a native speaker if your accent is good enough.
Wondering what are the most common words to start learning? Here's some help:
(total is about 600 words. add in some grammar and you're off to a great start!)
EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)
‘Yes’ and 'no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.
Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?
Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.
Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.
Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.
NOUNS (about 120 words)
Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.
People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.
Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.
Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.
Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.
Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.
PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)
General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.
Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.
Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.
Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.
DETERMINERS (about 80 words)
Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.
Demonstrative: this, that.
Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.
Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.
ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)
Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.
Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.
General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.
Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.
VERBS (about 100 words)
arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.
PRONOUNS (about 40 words)
Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
Demonstrative: this, that.
Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.
Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.
Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.
ADVERBS (about 60 words)
Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.
Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.
Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.
Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.
CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)
Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.
Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.
Manner & Logic: how, why, because, since (=because), although, if; what, who, whom, whose, which, that.
Language Learning Stats
*Different resources give slightly different answers, but in general, these are the results:
Elementary: 1,000 words
Intermediate: 3,000 words
Advanced: 6,000- 8,000 words
Highly educated native fluency: 25,000 words
CEFR Levels:
A1: 550 words
A2: 1100 words
B1: 2200 words
B2: 4400 words
C1: 8800 words
C2: 17600 words
1000 words
1000 words allow you to understand about 80% of the language which surrounds you, as long as it is not too specialized.
In theory, it sounds great. JUST 1000 words and you understand that much! Unfortunately, the remaining 20% is what really matters.
Just look at this sentence:
“I went to the … to buy …. but they told me that they can’t … .’
Sure, you understand a lot of words. But does it really help?
3000 words
3000 words allow you to understand about 95% of most ordinary texts (Hazenberg and Hulstijn, 1996).
It seems like a lot. Sure, on this level, you will be able to hold a decent conversation. You will also be able to get the general ideas and concepts of most of the articles.
BUT…general comprehension is not the same as full comprehension, as it involves some guessing.
Still, there is no shortage of enthusiasts who claim that such level is high enough to start picking up new words from context. However, researchers tend to disagree and say that the “magical” number of words which allows learning from the context is….(drum roll)
5000 words
5000 words allow you to understand about 98% of most ordinary texts (Nation (1990) and Laufer (1997)). Such a vocabulary size warrants also accurate contextual guessing (Coady et al., 1993; Hirsh & Nation, 1992; Laufer, 1997).
It means that you can function surrounded by this language without bigger problems. Sure, you will struggle if you want to formulate your thoughts really precisely, or when you encounter specialized vocabulary.
But other than that, you will be fine.
10,000 words
10,000 words allow you to understand about 99% of most texts (Nation (1990) and Laufer (1997)).
This is the pinnacle of language learning. A counterpart of having the vocabulary of a college graduate.
With that many words, you can express yourself with amazing precision and pass for a native speaker if your accent is good enough.
Wondering what are the most common words to start learning? Here's some help:
(total is about 600 words. add in some grammar and you're off to a great start!)
EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)
‘Yes’ and 'no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.
Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?
Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.
Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.
Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.
NOUNS (about 120 words)
Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.
People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.
Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.
Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.
Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.
Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.
PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)
General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.
Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.
Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.
Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.
DETERMINERS (about 80 words)
Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.
Demonstrative: this, that.
Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.
Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.
ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)
Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.
Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.
General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.
Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.
VERBS (about 100 words)
arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.
PRONOUNS (about 40 words)
Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
Demonstrative: this, that.
Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.
Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.
Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.
ADVERBS (about 60 words)
Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.
Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.
Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.
Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.
CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)
Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.
Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.
Manner & Logic: how, why, because, since (=because), although, if; what, who, whom, whose, which, that.
i got inspiration from this wonderful post made by @asian-lang-stubyblr a while ago and i decided to do the french version for all the langblr studying french! hope you enjoy and if you have any question or request, you know where to find me ✿
• Animaux (Animals): chien (dog), chat (cat), poisson (fish), oiseau (bird), vache (cow), cochon (pig), souris (mouse), cheval (horse), aile (wing)
• Moyen de transport (Transportation): train (train), avion (plane), voiture (car), camion (truck), vélo (bicycle), bus (bus), bateau (boat), navire (ship), pneu (tire), essence (gasoline), moteur (engine), billet (ticket)
• Emplacement (Location): ville (city), maison (house), appartement (apartment), rue (street/road), aéroport (airport), gare (train station), pont (bridge), hotel (hotel), restaurant (restaurant), ferme (farm), cour (court), école (school), bureau (office), pièce (room), village (town), université (university), boite de nuit (club), bar (bar), parc (park), magasin (store/shop), banque (bank), cinéma (theater), bibliothèque (library), hôpital (hospital), église (church), marché (market), pays (country), immeuble (building), l’espace (space)
• Vêtements (Clothing): chapeau (hat), robe (dress), costume (suit), jupe (skirt), t-shirt (T-shirt), pantalon (pants), chaussures (shoes), poche (pocket), manteau (coat)
• Couleurs (Color): rouge (red), vert (green), bleu (blue), clair/foncé (light/dark), jaune (yellow), marron (brown), rose (pink), orange (orange), noir (black), blanc (white), gris (gray)
• Les gens/le peuple (People): fils (son), fille (daughter), mère (mother), père (father), parent (parent), bébé (baby), homme (man), femme (woman), frère (brother), soeur (sister), famille (family), grand-père (grandfather), grand-mère (grandmother), mari (husband), femme (wife), roi (king), reine (queen), président (president), voisin (neighbor), garçon (boy), fille (girl), enfant (child), adulte (adult), humain (human), ami (friend), victime (victim), joueur (player), fan (fan), foule (crowd), personne (person)
• Travail (Job): professeur (teacher), étudiant (student), avocat (lawyer), docteur (doctor), patient (patient), serveur (waiter), secrétaire (secretary), prêtre (priest), police (police), armée (army), soldat (soldier), artiste (artist), écrivain (author), manager (manager), journaliste (reporter), acteur (actor)
• Société (Society): religion (religion), paradis (heaven), enfer (hell), mort (death), médicament (medicine), argent (money), billet (bill), mariage (marriage), mariage (wedding), équipe (team), race (race), sexe (sex), meurtre (murder), prison (prison), technologie (technology), énergie (energy), guerre (war), paix (peace), attaque (attack), élection (election), magazine (magazine), journal (newspaper), poison (poison), pistolet (gun), sport (sport), faire du sport (exercise), ballon (ball), jeu (game), prix (price), contrat (contract), drogue (drug), signe (sign), science (science), Dieu (God)
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i got inspiration from this wonderful post made by @asian-lang-stubyblr a while ago and i decided to do the french version for all the langblr studying french! hope you enjoy and if you have any question or request, you know where to find me ✿
• Animaux (Animals): chien (dog), chat (cat), poisson (fish), oiseau (bird), vache (cow), cochon (pig), souris (mouse), cheval (horse), aile (wing)
• Moyen de transport (Transportation): train (train), avion (plane), voiture (car), camion (truck), vélo (bicycle), bus (bus), bateau (boat), navire (ship), pneu (tire), essence (gasoline), moteur (engine), billet (ticket)
• Emplacement (Location): ville (city), maison (house), appartement (apartment), rue (street/road), aéroport (airport), gare (train station), pont (bridge), hotel (hotel), restaurant (restaurant), ferme (farm), cour (court), école (school), bureau (office), pièce (room), village (town), université (university), boite de nuit (club), bar (bar), parc (park), magasin (store/shop), banque (bank), cinéma (theater), bibliothèque (library), hôpital (hospital), église (church), marché (market), pays (country), immeuble (building), l’espace (space)
• Vêtements (Clothing): chapeau (hat), robe (dress), costume (suit), jupe (skirt), t-shirt (T-shirt), pantalon (pants), chaussures (shoes), poche (pocket), manteau (coat)
• Couleurs (Color): rouge (red), vert (green), bleu (blue), clair/foncé (light/dark), jaune (yellow), marron (brown), rose (pink), orange (orange), noir (black), blanc (white), gris (gray)
• Les gens/le peuple (People): fils (son), fille (daughter), mère (mother), père (father), parent (parent), bébé (baby), homme (man), femme (woman), frère (brother), soeur (sister), famille (family), grand-père (grandfather), grand-mère (grandmother), mari (husband), femme (wife), roi (king), reine (queen), président (president), voisin (neighbor), garçon (boy), fille (girl), enfant (child), adulte (adult), humain (human), ami (friend), victime (victim), joueur (player), fan (fan), foule (crowd), personne (person)
• Travail (Job): professeur (teacher), étudiant (student), avocat (lawyer), docteur (doctor), patient (patient), serveur (waiter), secrétaire (secretary), prêtre (priest), police (police), armée (army), soldat (soldier), artiste (artist), écrivain (author), manager (manager), journaliste (reporter), acteur (actor)
• Société (Society): religion (religion), paradis (heaven), enfer (hell), mort (death), médicament (medicine), argent (money), billet (bill), mariage (marriage), mariage (wedding), équipe (team), race (race), sexe (sex), meurtre (murder), prison (prison), technologie (technology), énergie (energy), guerre (war), paix (peace), attaque (attack), élection (election), magazine (magazine), journal (newspaper), poison (poison), pistolet (gun), sport (sport), faire du sport (exercise), ballon (ball), jeu (game), prix (price), contrat (contract), drogue (drug), signe (sign), science (science), Dieu (God)
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i got inspiration from this wonderful post made by @asian-lang-stubyblr a while ago and i decided to do the french version for all the langblr studying french! hope you enjoy and if you have any question or request, you know where to find me ✿
• Animaux (Animals): chien (dog), chat (cat), poisson (fish), oiseau (bird), vache (cow), cochon (pig), souris (mouse), cheval (horse), aile (wing)
• Moyen de transport (Transportation): train (train), avion (plane), voiture (car), camion (truck), vélo (bicycle), bus (bus), bateau (boat), navire (ship), pneu (tire), essence (gasoline), moteur (engine), billet (ticket)
• Emplacement (Location): ville (city), maison (house), appartement (apartment), rue (street/road), aéroport (airport), gare (train station), pont (bridge), hotel (hotel), restaurant (restaurant), ferme (farm), cour (court), école (school), bureau (office), pièce (room), village (town), université (university), boite de nuit (club), bar (bar), parc (park), magasin (store/shop), banque (bank), cinéma (theater), bibliothèque (library), hôpital (hospital), église (church), marché (market), pays (country), immeuble (building), l’espace (space)
• Vêtements (Clothing): chapeau (hat), robe (dress), costume (suit), jupe (skirt), t-shirt (T-shirt), pantalon (pants), chaussures (shoes), poche (pocket), manteau (coat)
• Couleurs (Color): rouge (red), vert (green), bleu (blue), clair/foncé (light/dark), jaune (yellow), marron (brown), rose (pink), orange (orange), noir (black), blanc (white), gris (gray)
• Les gens/le peuple (People): fils (son), fille (daughter), mère (mother), père (father), parent (parent), bébé (baby), homme (man), femme (woman), frère (brother), soeur (sister), famille (family), grand-père (grandfather), grand-mère (grandmother), mari (husband), femme (wife), roi (king), reine (queen), président (president), voisin (neighbor), garçon (boy), fille (girl), enfant (child), adulte (adult), humain (human), ami (friend), victime (victim), joueur (player), fan (fan), foule (crowd), personne (person)
• Travail (Job): professeur (teacher), étudiant (student), avocat (lawyer), docteur (doctor), patient (patient), serveur (waiter), secrétaire (secretary), prêtre (priest), police (police), armée (army), soldat (soldier), artiste (artist), écrivain (author), manager (manager), journaliste (reporter), acteur (actor)
• Société (Society): religion (religion), paradis (heaven), enfer (hell), mort (death), médicament (medicine), argent (money), billet (bill), mariage (marriage), mariage (wedding), équipe (team), race (race), sexe (sex), meurtre (murder), prison (prison), technologie (technology), énergie (energy), guerre (war), paix (peace), attaque (attack), élection (election), magazine (magazine), journal (newspaper), poison (poison), pistolet (gun), sport (sport), faire du sport (exercise), ballon (ball), jeu (game), prix (price), contrat (contract), drogue (drug), signe (sign), science (science), Dieu (God)
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Danish Masterpost by @baernat
Dutch Masterpost by @languagesordie
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Greek Masterpost by @katlearnslanguages
Hindi Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds
Hebrew Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds
Italian Masterpost by @languagegirl
Japanese Masterpost by @somestudy
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“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Learning is one of the greatest accomplishments of our mind. And even if many associate it with school and studying, there are so many skills and knowledge you can acquire in your free time! Here is just a little “masterpost” of some of the options on the internet.
Languages (you have always wanted to learn a new language?)
How to choose a language
Duolingo
Memrise
French Masterpost by @studenting
German Masterpost by @languageoclock
Mandarin Chinese Masterpost by @floernce
Danish Masterpost by @baernat
Dutch Masterpost by @languagesordie
Finnish Masterpost by @hardluckbones
Greek Masterpost by @katlearnslanguages
Hindi Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds
Hebrew Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds
Italian Masterpost by @languagegirl
Japanese Masterpost by @somestudy
Korean Masterpost by @somestudy
Latin Masterpost by @learnal
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Swahili Masterpost by @spraakhexe
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FutureLearn
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Harvard Online Learning
MIT Open Courseware
Udemy
Khan Academy
Coding (you have always wanted to learn how to code?)
Codeacademy
Khan Academy Computer Programming
HTML5ROCKS
Codeschool
code.org
FreeCodeCamp
codewars
Dash (+ learning how to create a tumblr theme!)
TheCodePlayer
Coder’sGuide
DevsTips
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TheNewBoston
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Learn How To Draw
Color Theory
Graphic Design Basics
Fashion Blogging
Beginners Acrylic Paint Course
Acrylic Paint Strategies
Calligraphy Beginner
A Beginner’s Guide To Modern Calligraphy
Learn Calligraphy
The Ultimate Graffiti Guide
Photography Basics
How To Keep A Diary And Stick To It
Scrapbooking For Beginners
Writing Apps Extensions And Websites by @uglystudies
Writing Resources by @wordsnstuff
Miscellaneous (the suns, solar systems, stars and moons? playing the guitar, the piano?)
Space And Astronomy Masterpost by @thescholarlysquad
Microsoft Excel Tutorial
Absolute First Beginner Acoustic Guitar Lesson
Piano 101
CrashCourse
How To Create Music In Minutes (Fruity Loops Free)
“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Learning is one of the greatest accomplishments of our mind. And even if many associate it with school and studying, there are so many skills and knowledge you can acquire in your free time! Here is just a little “masterpost” of some of the options on the internet.
Languages (you have always wanted to learn a new language?)
How to choose a language
Duolingo
Memrise
French Masterpost by @studenting
German Masterpost by @languageoclock
Mandarin Chinese Masterpost by @floernce
Danish Masterpost by @baernat
Dutch Masterpost by @languagesordie
Finnish Masterpost by @hardluckbones
Greek Masterpost by @katlearnslanguages
Hindi Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds
Hebrew Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds
Italian Masterpost by @languagegirl
Japanese Masterpost by @somestudy
Korean Masterpost by @somestudy
Latin Masterpost by @learnal
Portuguese Masterpost by @educaution
Spanish Masterpost by @funwithlanguages
Swahili Masterpost by @spraakhexe
Free Courses!!! (you want to educate yourself on subjects you are passionate about? or find something that you love?)
edX
coursera
OpenLearn
FutureLearn
open2study
openculture
Stanford Online
Harvard Online Learning
MIT Open Courseware
Udemy
Khan Academy
Coding (you have always wanted to learn how to code?)
Codeacademy
Khan Academy Computer Programming
HTML5ROCKS
Codeschool
code.org
FreeCodeCamp
codewars
Dash (+ learning how to create a tumblr theme!)
TheCodePlayer
Coder’sGuide
DevsTips
LearnCodeAcademy
TheNewBoston
Creative (you always wanted to paint pretty pictures, take beautiful photographs, start a fashion blog or practice your calligraphy skills?)
Learn How To Draw
Color Theory
Graphic Design Basics
Fashion Blogging
Beginners Acrylic Paint Course
Acrylic Paint Strategies
Calligraphy Beginner
A Beginner’s Guide To Modern Calligraphy
Learn Calligraphy
The Ultimate Graffiti Guide
Photography Basics
How To Keep A Diary And Stick To It
Scrapbooking For Beginners
Writing Apps Extensions And Websites by @uglystudies
Writing Resources by @wordsnstuff
Miscellaneous (the suns, solar systems, stars and moons? playing the guitar, the piano?)
Space And Astronomy Masterpost by @thescholarlysquad
Microsoft Excel Tutorial
Absolute First Beginner Acoustic Guitar Lesson
Piano 101
CrashCourse
How To Create Music In Minutes (Fruity Loops Free)