The Least You Should Know About Vocabulary Building: Word Roots

Glazier, Teresa Ferster

ISBN 10: 0155002201 / ISBN 13: 9780155002203

Published by Cengage Learning, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Least You Should Know About Vocabulary Building: Word Roots
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0155002201
• ISBN 13: 9780155002203
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 8 ounces

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Synopsis

The Least You Should Know about Vocabulary Building helps students take that step and begin what should become an ongoing study of words. Since only one approach is used, students can work through the text easily. Moreover, no distinction is made between Greek and Latin roots; student need to remember the meaning of a root rather than its language. Whether the text is used in the classroom or for slef-help, The Least You Should Know about Vocabulary Building will lead to the most vocabulary you can have.

About the Author

Laura D. Knight is a Professor of English in the Liberal Arts Division of Mercer County Community College in central New Jersey, where she coordinated the English department's writing program for more than ten years. Laura has taught all levels of writing as well as reading, film, history, and literature at various colleges since 1980. She received her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam and her Masters of Humanities and Masters of English degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo. In addition to teaching, she scores the English portion of the Praxis teacher's certification examination for Educational Testing Service. Laura's textbooks include THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT VOCABULARY BUILDING: WORD ROOTS, 8th Edition; JOURNEYS: READINGS ACROSS THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES; THE OPEN MIND, 3rd Edition, and ...AND YOUR POINT?, 6th Edition.