ReadOasis Step 1

To learn English, we need words. Most English native speakers know between 12,000 and 20,000 words. Shakespeare used 31,534 words. And he probably knew more. How many words do you know?

Naomi knows 95% of the words in Alice in Wonderland. She understands it without a dictionary. If you know 95% of the words in a story, you can understand it. The key is 95%. Knowing 95% of the words means this: the story is not too easy and not too hard. It is just right.

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