I got 35700, but I was perhaps too generous in ticking boxes.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 21/08/2011 07:49:24 PM
I didn't tick boxes for those words which I recognized and which I would not stop and pause for when encountering them in context, but which I couldn't really define. I did tick the boxes if I could more or less define them, though only vaguely. So I dare say if I'd done it the same way as Camilla I'd have scored a good bit less than her, as well I might...
The non-native speakers get a rather extensive questionnaire about how they learned English, but I dare say they should've given a bit more range on their answering options than just "lots", "somewhat" and "not much". I've spent most days during the past ten years of my life reading/writing English one way or another for at least one hour a day and often more, what with this and other websites and the people I met here - and I'm not sure if they entirely realize how English-language music and movies have near-monopolies in a place like Flanders, either. It probably would've been more accurate to answer "absurdly much" to questions about how much English I practiced outside formal classes.
The non-native speakers get a rather extensive questionnaire about how they learned English, but I dare say they should've given a bit more range on their answering options than just "lots", "somewhat" and "not much". I've spent most days during the past ten years of my life reading/writing English one way or another for at least one hour a day and often more, what with this and other websites and the people I met here - and I'm not sure if they entirely realize how English-language music and movies have near-monopolies in a place like Flanders, either. It probably would've been more accurate to answer "absurdly much" to questions about how much English I practiced outside formal classes.
Help out these researchers: test your English vocabulary
21/08/2011 03:07:24 PM
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When I first read that I thought you meant "nitty-gritty" was one of the words they checked.
21/08/2011 03:26:28 PM
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Perhpas I misunderstood the instructions, because it told me my vocabulary is 1680 words. *NM*
21/08/2011 04:03:19 PM
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I tried to be very conservative
21/08/2011 04:55:08 PM
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That was my thought as well
21/08/2011 06:24:06 PM
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Indeed. If you read their explanation, however, there's a decent reason for that.
21/08/2011 06:27:34 PM
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I got 35700, but I was perhaps too generous in ticking boxes.
21/08/2011 07:49:24 PM
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The wife had the same reaction to "lots", "somewhat" and "not much".
21/08/2011 10:15:05 PM
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Yeah, she would.
21/08/2011 10:54:20 PM
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That makes sense.
22/08/2011 03:49:18 PM
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Neat link, It seems I'm around 25600. Made me want to get my dictinary out... *NM*
22/08/2011 03:43:24 PM
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I like the rice one from years ago. Still, I so kicked ass that I won't post...
23/08/2011 04:57:58 AM
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37000... It's interesting how it makes you remember how you know some of the harder words
23/08/2011 12:16:17 PM
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