300 English words you need to know. Learning the first three hundred words

Why do you need English? Travel? For work? Read professional literature? Chat with friends in social networks? Did you know that all the different goals of language learning differ from each other only in terms of vocabulary? And the required minimum for communication in English is determined on average by 300-500 words.

At one of the webinars on studying English language The following statistics were given:

142 words - survival dictionary. Those. Knowing 142 words in the language of the host country, you can check into a hotel, eat, ask for directions, and buy the essentials. Only 142 words! Everyone can do it. Having learned this data, without a doubt, we can say that everyone can learn English on their own.

800 words is a conversational minimum, with which you can easily live in the country.

2-3 thousand words is a decent vocabulary, which is enough to study in English.

4-6 thousand words - you can work.

10 thousand words is the average vocabulary of a native speaker.

Where and how you learn your first three hundred words in English is up to you. As for the personal experience of the site’s author, I expanded my vocabulary with the help of the site Lingualeo, which allows you to form your own vocabulary and undergo training that allows you to memorize words “hard”. This was my choice; now many learning sites allow you to create your own personal dictionary - for example, Puzzle-English , Ororo.tv and others. There are no word workouts on these sites, but words are learned in context, which is also a very good way to remember them.

Another technique for memorizing unfamiliar words in English is associative method. Those. When you hear a new word, try to draw a picture in your head that will help you remember given words. For example, frog in English would be frog. What does frog look like? Well, for example, I had an association with a horn. So, imagine a frog with a horn on its head. The funnier and more absurd the association, the faster it will be remembered. While imagining the picture, repeat out loud: frog, frog, frog.

Many teachers conduct free webinars where they share their methods of memorizing words - these are webinars by Yana Grausova, who recommends having boxes for repeating words, Nikolai Yagodkin talks in detail at the webinar and even practices memorizing foreign words by association.

Of course, when we are not talking about survival vocabulary, vocabulary must be "strung" on grammar. But without a vocabulary, no grammar will save you. You can easily learn your minimum on your own, for example, with Yana Grausova, who in the videos below gives the first “lifeline” to those who are just starting to learn English. You can easily find the rest of the episodes on YouTube.

English words - 1 - 300 (by frequency) by frequency of occurrence - List of the most frequently used English words - TOP 1 - 300.

275 always ["Llwqz] adv- always 12.301
276 kid n- child, baby; v- make fun; deceive 12.275
277 believe v- believe 12.219
278 half n- half 12.203
279 line n- line; v- draw lines; line up 12.183
280 high a- high; higher; adv-high 12.158
281 set v- (set; set) put, place; n-set, set 12.155
282 read v- (read ; read ) read 12.148
283 world n- world, universe 12.135
284 hour ["auq] n- hour 12.094
285 office ["Ofis] n- office 12.043
286 play n- game; v- play 11.964
287 young a- young, young 11.943
288 answer ["Rnse] n- answer; v- answer 11.872
289 shoot v-(shot; shot ) shoot11.838
290 dark n-darkness; a-dark11.777
291 laugh n- laughter; v- laugh 11.777
292 bed n- bed, bed 11.774
293 thank v- thank 11.768
294 remember v- remember, remember 11.706
295 drop n- drop; v- drip 11.624
296 friend n- friend, girlfriend 11.594
297 though adv-however; cj-though 11.431
298 glass n- glass; glass 11.403
299 hair n- hair, hair 11.334
300 hell n- hell, underworld 11.235

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English words - TOP 1 - 1000 alphabetically. - 2004. List of the most frequently used English words TOP 1 - 1000. Words are arranged alphabetically. English-Russian, Russian-English dictionaries
3000 English words - Memorization techniques - Pavel Litvinov. - 3000 English words - Memorization techniques. Pavel Litvinov. 2001. The manual is a minimum dictionary containing more than 3,300 words necessary for communication... English-Russian, Russian-English dictionaries
English - Super-Mini Common American Phrases - Spears A.R. - English - Super-Mini Common American Phrases. This is what Americans say every day. Spiers A.R. 2000. The dictionary contains about 1,700 generally accepted colloquial... English-Russian, Russian-English dictionaries
English - Dictionary TOP 2500 - Applications - Vasiliev A. - Dictionary TOP 2500 - Applications Vasiliev A. The most common English words. Lists of the most frequently used English words. First 300, 500, ... English-Russian, Russian-English dictionaries

My favorite sounds - Phonetic and spelling reference book of the English language - Korchazhkina O.M., Tikhonova R.M. - My favorite sounds - Phonetic and spelling reference book of the English language - Korchazhkina O.M. , Tikhonova R.M. - 1996. The directory includes the following... English-Russian, Russian-English dictionaries
My first 1000 English words - Memorization technique - Litvinov P.P. - - 2007. The purpose of the manual is to develop and improve skills quick memorization English words. A form of material presentation based on the original author’s… English-Russian, Russian-English dictionaries
Illustrated English-Russian dictionary - For children 3-4 years old - Burova I.I. - - 2003. An illustrated English-Russian dictionary is intended for classes with children 3-4 years old. Helps your child learn the first 150 basic words and... English-Russian, Russian-English dictionaries
3000 English words - Memorization techniques - Minimum thematic dictionary - Litvinov P.P. - - 2001. The manual is a minimum dictionary containing more than 3,300 words necessary for communication in English on general topics. Dictionary … English-Russian, Russian-English dictionaries