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With your partner, write the answer in your own words on this page under your allocated question.

1. What are frequency-based wordlists and how can they help extend your vocabulary? (para 1). 2. Why are these words so important for the English learner? (para 2)

3. Why are the wordlists more important than the random approach? (para 3 4. How many are the ‘main’ words to be learned? (para 4)

5. What does Table 1 show? (para 5)

6. Why is it better not to wait until words are met naturally? (para 6)

7. What is a concordance? (para 6)

8. Why are 2000 words not enough? (para 7-11)

9. Is it enough to know 95% of the words in the given text? (para 12-13)

10. What are the strategies suggested for vocabulary acquisition? (para 14-16) 11. What is the AWL list? (para 16)

12. What can you do on your own to develop your vocabulary? (para 17-19)