Getting a Fix on Vocabulary: Understanding and Using Prefixes, Suffixes, Bases, and Compounds

by Janie Duncan and Raymond C. Clark

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: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Very Helpful for ESL students

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.