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Apr 2023
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How to Learn Vocabulary Without Even Try...

Steve Kaufmann
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For a long time I have been convinced that the simplest and most reliable indicator of our potential and our level in a language is how many words we know. Learning words ought to be a pleasant task at the heart of language learning. 
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