Combating Word Poverty

Do people know more words than they actually use and is having a large vocabulary something you learn or have a natural ability for?
These are burning issues in the worlds of linguistics and education. On Monday it was reported that children in England will have lessons in formal language amid fears that some are suffering for stunted vocabularies.
US company Global Language Monitor (GLM) believes that the one millionth word will be added to the English language in mid-June.
Exposure to reading will obviously expand a person's vocabulary but the level of a person's education does not necessarily decide things.
A person with a poor education perhaps may not be able to read or read much but, they will know words and may have a very detailed vocabulary about pop songs or motorbikes. Some children that you could class as having a poor education know hundreds of words about skateboards that you won't find in a dictionary.
We must avoid cultural elitism.
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