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Over 1.5 billion people worldwide learn English today, according to the British Council. Vocabulary searches like “word of the day meaning” and “English vocabulary definition” keep rising online.

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the tiers associated with challenging words. Children who enter kindergarten with a small vocabulary don’t get taught enough ...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Do you have a question you want us to answer? You can send us your questions to learningenglish@bbc.co.uk 1. Think about connotation. Words can have ...

An organization called Global Language Monitor estimates there are more than 900,000 words in the English language, and more are being added every day. Alex Chadwick talks with Paul Payack, president ...