Getting a Fix on Vocabulary: Understanding and Using Prefixes, Suffixes, Bases, and Compounds
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Book Overview
The primary purpose of Getting a Fix on Vocabulary is to increase English learners' awareness of the morphology of English - bases, affixation, and compounding - and to help them develop their skill in word analysis. Secondly, an increased awareness of affixes and bases can facilitate vocabulary expansion by helping students see connections among various forms, e.g., contain, maintain, retain, unretained, detainable, detention. In this way, learning...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0866472703
ISBN13:9780866472708
Release Date:March 2009
Publisher:Pro Lingua Learning
Length:120 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"
Related Subjects
Education & Reference English as a Second Language Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Fiction Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages Humanities Language Arts Vocabulary, Slang & Word Lists Words, Language & GrammarCustomer Reviews
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Very Helpful for ESL students
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
My intermediate and advanced ESL students have found this book very beneficial for vocabulary development. It systematically teaches prefixes and suffixes with much practice. It has been around for awhile, but I hope it will continue to be available.
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