How Useful Is It to Teach Affixes in Intermediate Classes?

Autor/in	Ur, Penny
Titel	How Useful Is It to Teach Affixes in Intermediate Classes?
Quelle	In: ELT Journal, 76 (2022) 3, S.330-337 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-0893
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccac018
Schlagwörter	Morphemes; Teaching Methods; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Computational Linguistics; Vocabulary Development; Definitions; Language Proficiency; Learning Processes; Morphology (Languages); Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphem; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Wortschatzarbeit; Begriffsbestimmung; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Learning process; Lernprozess; Morphology; Morphologie; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	It is assumed by many teachers and materials writers that it is important to teach at all levels the forms and meanings of derivational prefixes and suffixes, as an important aid to learning new words in English. However, corpus evidence suggests that knowledge of the meanings of such components occurring within the most common 5,000 words in English--a rough upper target vocabulary level for intermediate-level (B1) students--does not, in most cases, help learners at this level to understand the words of which they form a part. It is concluded that probably only a relatively small number of prefixes and suffixes are worth teaching in courses for intermediate classes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01