Adult native speakers of the English language are believed to have a knowledge of between 20,000 and 35,000 words - that's a LOT of words!

As for extent as a means of determining how long it should take to write a book, again don’t be too influenced or intimidated by the numbers. You may see it said that a novel tends to be between 70,000-100,000 words long. When writing my “noir” crime novel “The Big Farewell” (54,3007 words), I took encouragement from an interview with John le Carré in which he said that when he’d achieved 55,000 words with “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold”, he was satisfied. Raymond Chandler's “The Big Sleep” and, Dashiell Hammett's “The Maltese Falcon” both come in at under 59,000 words – exalted company! Free play and exploration are crucial for learners’ cognitive development, cultivating curiosity and a desire to learn. In Word Tag ®, players work at their own pace to complete word collections full of rich vocabulary. They get to choose how long and how often they want to play (and learn)! Manageable improvement in vocabulary skills. The 365 A Word a Day Vocabulary List sets students the challenge of learning a new word a day. Over time, their range of vocabulary and their knowledge of vocabulary grows enormously. This in turn, can equip them with the English skills they need to sit and pass their 11+ examinations. By focusing on manageable, consistent learning, children can feel confident in the skills and knowledge they possess.According to research, learners need several encounters with a word to add it to their vocabulary. Word Tag ® repeats word exposure enough times to guarantee retention. A Word a Day is a treasure trove of fascination and fun for all language lovers - delve in and enhance your vocabulary. Verbal Reasoning! Verbal Reasoning is the skill of 'thinking with words'. 11+ Verbal Reasoning exams are designed to test children's abilities to reason by using words.The 365 A Word a Day Vocabulary List helps expand a child’s range of vocabulary and therefore improves their ability to answer Verbal Reasoning questions correctly. Each My Word a Day book has a thesaurus section. Pupils match synonyms to the words introduced throughout, revising and consolidating their understanding and usage of this vocabulary. Although My Word a Day is intended as a homework book, it can also be used during the school day, if the teacher prefers. Class discussion of pupils’ sentences encourages enrichment of literacy and creativity, while empowering pupils to build on their oral language and vocabulary skills.

Each book is structured around the 36 weeks of the school year. A new word is introduced each day; the pupil is actively and meaningfully involved in the learning process. Pupils are tasked with: We have created some larger flashcards of the top 100 words from the A Word a Day vocabulary list. These flashcards are great because they also come with suggested vocabulary games to play. Examples of the games include:Stephen King has claimed to write 2000 words a day but most new writers end up writing around the 500 – 1000 words a day mark. It is estimated that on average an English-speaking adult has acquired a functioning vocabulary of 25,000 words by the time they reach middle age. That sounds like a lot – and more than enough for the daily purposes of communicating with each other in speech and writing. However, it is hard to feel quite so sanguine about our word power when considering those 25,000 words account for less than fifteen per cent of the total words in current usage in the English language. Furthermore, new words are created all the time and, as the word pool flourishes, can we afford to allow our vocabulary to stagnate? Logophile Joseph Piercy has the answer: a simple challenge to learn A Word a Day from this user-friendly onomasticon (that's a word list designed for a specific purpose - in case you were wondering .). Each of the 365 words have been carefully selected for their elegance and pertinence in everyday situations and every entry contains a clear and concise outline of meaning, origin and sample usage in context, alongside fascinating word related facts and trivia. Set your own pace and your own method. Don’t be too influenced or intimidated by those who say that they write for so many hours or so many words per day every day. Find a regime that works for you and the way your creative juices flow. I’m not one of those who can write for a set time or a set number of words a day. I try and write a “scene” every day, be it short or long. And if I don’t have the next scene for the next day already in mind, I relax and wait for it to percolate and emerge, which might be the next morning, or after a few days have gone by. That’s how my mind works.