Material Detail

Provides table with most common prefixes and suffixes,

etymology (Greek or Latin roots) and examples. List begins

with the twenty prefixes used most frequently in academic

texts, ranked by Carroll et al. (1971).

CEFR Activity:

Reception / Reading

Reception / Listening

Production / Speaking

Production / Writing

CEFR Can-Do:

- Orthographic control – can write with reasonable

phonetic accuracy (but not necessarily fully standard

spelling) short words that are in his/her oral

vocabulary.

- Can identify unfamiliar words from the context on

topics related to his/her field and interests.

- Can extrapolate the meaning of occasional unknown

words from the context and deduce sentence

meaning provided the topic discussed is familiar.

National Framework of EFL for Higher Education in Israel:

Elementry & Intermediate levels.

ERASMUS competence: Reading Comprehension; Listening

Comprehension; Vocabulary

Educational value of this material:

Prefixes and suffixes function as "cues" to meaning – knowing the

most commonly used prefixes and suffixes can help learners to extrapolate meaning of unfamiliar words. 

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