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#200117 - 05/31/11 11:58 AM spoken vs. reading vocabulary
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1 woody246 stranger
woody246 stranger Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1	A few years ago I read in a book about the English language that there is a word for the difference between our reading vocabulary and our speaking vocabulary�.I think it said that we know three times as many words than we actually use. Of course, I cannot remember the word. Does anyone out there know it??? Thanks! Woody246

#200120 - 05/31/11 03:51 PM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: woody246]
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 Land of the Flat Water	WELCOME WOODY ----please, draw me a sheep----

#200123 - 05/31/11 10:44 PM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: woody246]
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Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803	I'd go with active and passive vocabulary. Active is the words you would come up with either for speaking or writing. Passive is the words that you'd recognize either by reading or hearing but wouldn't come up with spontaneously.

#200155 - 06/02/11 12:03 PM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: woody246]
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 Candy Pooh-Bah
Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under	I agree Faldage, I remember reading that somewhere.

#200158 - 06/02/11 02:01 PM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: Candy]
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Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA	Quote: But Candy, do you use those words in conversation? Does this help Mr. (Ms?) 246? Teaching and Developing Vocabulary Last edited by Owlbow; 06/02/11 02:03 PM.

#200164 - 06/02/11 03:25 PM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: Owlbow]
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LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 Land of the Flat Water	Very interesting site, Owl. ----please, draw me a sheep----

#200176 - 06/03/11 10:50 AM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: woody246]
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803	If you mean the words (phrases) active vocabulary and passive vocabulary, yes, I do use them in conversation. But them I'm not Candy, so who am I to say?

#200180 - 06/03/11 11:25 AM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: Faldage]
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Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under	You speak for me too Faldage why are 'they' doubting us?

#200642 - 06/22/11 04:06 PM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: Candy]
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va-vavoom member Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 131 Oregon	I read constantly. One of the many 'problems' in my life is the words that I read and understand, but never hear in a conversation. Even words that are often found written, just don't come up. I have always had a dictionary handy, but even then, sometimes the pronunciation that I have in my head when I am reading is not at all correct. It may be the difference between long or short vowel or it my be where the accent is placed. It sounds perfectly alright to me as I am reading, but is nothing like the real word. It can be very embarrassing. ~===,===,=^=<

#200733 - 06/26/11 08:59 AM Re: spoken vs. reading vocabulary [Re: woody246]
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Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada	That happened all the time to me, especially as a kid. e.g. the name Penelope, which obviously rhymed with antelope.

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