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I haven't found any official source to answer your question, but several members of online forums have explained their methods in estimating what they believe to be the number of vocabulary words you need to know for each CEFR level.
The table below displays the average (very average) figures of vocabulary sizes. Figures taken from research carried out by English Today (Cambridge University Press). *As mentioned above the actual Shakespeare's vocabulary could have contained over 65,000 words.
How many words are there and how many do we need to teach? It’s almost impossible to say exactly how many words there are in English. The Global Language Monitor, which tracks language trends, especially in the media, has counted up to almost a million at 988,968.
The British Council has produced a useful table for learners to understand the levels of British Council courses, the CEFR levels and different exams. You can take our online level test to get an approximate indication of the English level you are working towards or completing.
Give your students a few items of vocabulary and tell them to find the meaning, pronunciation and write an example sentence with the word in. They can then teach each other in groups. Prepare worksheets and ask your students to match words to definitions.
In terms of vocabulary, C1 level learners know around 5,000 words. This means that they can understand and use a wide range of words in both written and spoken English. They also know a lot of idiomatic expressions and slang words. For example, they might say “I’m beat” instead of “I’m tired”.
• What is a word? • What does it mean to know a word? • How many words are there in English? • How many of these words do I know? The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. “Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?” he asked. “Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
