Teaching morphology is fundamental in English education because it helps students understand the structure and meaning of words, enhancing their reading comprehension and vocabulary skills. Recognizing and identifying word classes such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs as functional words requires skills to explore new words. It makes students more competent and confident learners to expose their language performance. To learn new words effectively, it is crucial to teach how to form words quickly using prefixes and suffixes, which can change the meaning and position of sentences. A strategic approach is needed to enrich and expand vocabulary knowledge and build effective communication.
This book provides a derivational morpheme, the end (suffix)—of a root or base word, to create a new word or a new form of an existing word. Suffix is used to create noun (-iatry -ic/ics -ice -ing -ship -ory -ure -y -icy /-cy -age -al -an -er/-or -ent/ -ant -ion -ate -dom -ment -or -ness -ology -ian -an -ia -ion -ism -its -ite -ity -ance -ant -ence), adjective (- able, – ible, al, -ial, – ical, – ant, –ent, –ient, –ful –ic, –ile, –y, –ish, –ive, –ative, –itive, –less, –ing, –ous, –ious, –ar, –ary, –ate, –en), verb (-ate, -en, -er, -or,-ify, -ize, -ure), and adverb (-wise, -ward, -fold, -ly). Therefore, this book can be a stepping stone to high-level language use and to help learners achieve vocabulary, language concepts, and communication skills.