Reading Week 5

I found the section on vocabulary acquisition to be interesting. (MCM) I especially was interested in the figures-500 words leads to frustration because everything is new, yet 2000 words (most commonly used) allow someone the chance to read and be able to access the unfamiliar words through context clues and have very few words that must be looked up. Then 3000 words for academic purposes. It fascinates me that a person could function in a culture with so few words; and surprises me that people ever thought 500 words would allow someone to continue on their own. I think the learning strategies are good reinforcement for what makes sense to me.

Finally I think that collocations are hard to teach.