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Academic Word List
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Research shows you need to know roughly 9000 word families to understand a wide variety of authentic texts. Based on the latest research Longman have now created a list of the 9000 most frequent words in English – the Longman Communication 9000.
TheВ Longman Communication 9000В isВ divided into three bands of high, medium and lower frequency words.
TheВ Longman Communication 9000В represents the core of the English language. It shows you which words are the most important to learn for effective communication.
The Longman Communication 9000 has been developed from the Longman Communication 3000, which features the 3000 highest frequency words and is still used in some of our dictionaries.
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