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Old 08-16-2011, 05:45 PM   #46
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Yes, but he asked what is your first (or native) language?
Well, I thought I could avoid this question..
I am generally not comfortable sharing personal information on public blogs.

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Old 08-16-2011, 05:52 PM   #47
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Old 08-16-2011, 07:06 PM   #48
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The test was interesting. I'm not used to meeting a word I don't know. XD
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Old 08-17-2011, 04:12 AM   #49
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How many non native English speakers or English as a second language? I would like to know their numbers.

I see lot of folks taking the test, which still I don't know what method uses for that, but most are USA users I think.
I took this test last week and it was around 7'000. English is my second language. I don't use it in my daily life. But I have no problems in communication, watching english movies etc.
When reading non-technical books (with technical no problems, cause their vocabulary is pretty narrow) built in dictionary is the saviour.

The funny thing about communication in english is - it does not matter how good your english is if there are around people whose english is not as good as yours. No-one understands what you mean

But I see I need to read more books to learn new words that I don't need in chitchating
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Old 08-17-2011, 04:54 AM   #50
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I'm not used to meeting a word I don't know. XD
Ditto. I almost never use the dictionary on my e-reader. Last time I felt challenged was reading Bede's Ecclesiastical History a few weeks ago for history class (I volunteered that for a book review)...some unfamiliar words in there.

I came out at 34,400 and the average for my age (32) was 20,000-35,000

I think I benefited from knowing older/fantasy type words but pulled a blank on some fancier old english type words.
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Old 08-17-2011, 07:38 AM   #51
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36,000 words. 3 or 4k above average for my age range, which is a bit disappointing given that I have been a prodigious reader all my life. Though I guess the responents to this survey will be generally be of a far higher vocab than the population average.

Just curious why they ask for your month of birth in the profiling questions. What relevance could that have?

Great site @pdurrant.

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Old 08-17-2011, 07:40 AM   #52
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Just curious why they ask for your month of birth in the profiling questions. What relevance could that have?
The month of your birth becomes more relevant when your age is in low single figures.
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Old 08-17-2011, 08:44 AM   #53
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I'd say, it's not too bad. Considering my first language isn't English and I always hated languages when I still went to school


Edit:

I looked at the age graph. I'm just below the number "standard" for my age (for native speakers!)

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Old 08-17-2011, 10:11 AM   #54
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I took this test last week and it was around 7'000. English is my second language.
I equate this, a bit more than 7k. My mother tongue being French.
As I never went in an English-speaking country until now, it seems I can be "statistically" happy.
Besides, the positive side is I'll improve since I use English more and more for both professional and personal matters.

There are however a few thoughts I would like to share about such a test:
  1. First, it's obviously just a statistical screeing (prediction) of one's vocabulary based on a few sample words.
  2. Then, knowing the meaning of a word (or more precisely, believing we know it) doesn't imply that one is able to use it adequately, nor that one is able to define it accurately. Writing definitions is not an easy job at all.
  3. Last but not least, one's vocabulary includes every signification of a word, which is not accounted for in that test (for the sake of simplicity, of course).
Some people here already pointed out the apparently narrowness of technical English. Taking into account my third point, I would rather say technical English uses a limited number of words, but with lots of different, specific significations, usually unknown outside of the field.
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Old 08-18-2011, 12:30 PM   #55
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Yeah,

I agree with Thierry.

I honestly have no issues in communicating (verbally) here in USA or with my wife and written vocabulary does not help on that directly. As a matter of fact, I've been reading English since I was a kid but I actually become a fluid English speaker a few years ago, when I moved here because business purposes.

However, I would like to know how the website really works and I must accept I mostly read computer books, which does not expand my regular English or "street" vocabulary too much.

Few years ago, I found myself talking to my wife and using words like "migrate" and "deploy" on regular day to day conversation. It was really funny, she used to make jokes of that. I don't do that anymore or at least, I'm very careful now because she pointed it to me already.
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25.500, but that's probably exagerated because many words in the test are derived from French, Latin, German... languages I also got at school.

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Old 08-18-2011, 02:15 PM   #57
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Yeah,

I agree with Thierry.

I honestly have no issues in communicating (verbally) here in USA or with my wife and written vocabulary does not help on that directly. As a matter of fact, I've been reading English since I was a kid but I actually become a fluid English speaker a few years ago, when I moved here because business purposes.

However, I would like to know how the website really works and I must accept I mostly read computer books, which does not expand my regular English or "street" vocabulary too much.

Few years ago, I found myself talking to my wife and using words like "migrate" and "deploy" on regular day to day conversation. It was really funny, she used to make jokes of that. I don't do that anymore or at least, I'm very careful now because she pointed it to me already.
My favorite word is premises.
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However, I would like to know how the website really works
Have a look at the "nitty-gritty" of the website. There are some explanations. Some of which correspond to the three points I mentioned.

Since I've been using digital dictionaries, I've the impression the scope of my vocabulary has extended a lot, but in the same time, I've the impression I tend to rely to much on them and actually to shrink my memory-based vocabulary.
A bit as using a calculator doesn't help to train one's mental arithmetic.
Anyone does have the same impression?
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