A Valuable Classroom Tool: Separate sections on Latin and Greek derivations. Each section has 20 lessons--with assignments following each lesson--giving the user a vast technical vocabulary and increased word-recognition ability. A Definitive Reference: Hundreds of Greek and Latin stems, prefixes, and suffixes show the precise application of the classical languages to biological and medical usage. Topic-organized bibliography, index of bases.
A Valuable Classroom Tool: Separate sections on Latin and Greek derivations. Each section has 20 lessons--with assignments following each lesson-...
Since 1965, Donald Ayers' English Words from Latin and Greek Elements has helped thousands of students to a broader vocabulary by showing them how to recognize classical roots in modern English words. Its second edition, published in 1986, has confirmed that vocabulary is best taught by root, not rote. The importance of learning classical word roots is already acknowledged by vocabulary texts that devote chapters to them. Why a whole book based on this approach? Ayers' text exposes students to a wider range of roots, introduces new English words in context sentences, and...
Since 1965, Donald Ayers' English Words from Latin and Greek Elements has helped thousands of students to a broader vocabulary by showi...
