Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Using the Strategy of Etymology to Learn Vocabulary for Engineering Students in Andhra Pradesh

K. Eliah

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The present study focuses on the impact of etymology instruction on vocabulary building and explains meaningful linguistic information and principles to ESL learners. Etymology, the study of word origins, has all the attributes of what educational psychologists term meaningful learning. This is a type of learning connected to prior learning, more highly retainable and generalizable, making it superior to rote learning of vocabulary, which plays an important role in the development of the four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. The study concentrates more on how ESL learner gets extensive vocabulary using etymology in the engineering language classroom.

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K. Eliah Using the Strategy of Etymology to Learn Vocabulary for Engineering Students in Andhra Pradesh Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VII July 2013

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