Amount of memorized English word is a quite weird metric. Quote: >Ding said he was shocked to hear that many students at the Peking University Primary School,

Amount of memorized English word is a quite weird metric. Quote: >Ding said he was shocked to hear that many students at the Peking University Primary School, where his daughter studies, had already grasped more than 1,000 English words. >“Years ago, a popular belief said that for a five-year-old kid, it’s enough for them to learn 1,500 English words if they live in America; but it’s not enough [for them to compete with their peers] if they live in the Haidian district of Beijing,” Ding said. “I thought it was a joke before. Now I realise it’s quite true.” edit: formatting