Transcription of Word Decoding- Root words, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Phonics
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Word Decoding- Root words, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Phonics
Word Decoding- Root words , prefixes , suffixes , and Phonics : Ways to understand and simplify language College of the Redwoods Academic Learning Center Learning Packet 2006 Table of Contents 1) Introduction: Word Decoding and Its Use 2) Definitions and List of Root words and prefixes 3) Explanation of suffixes and Spelling Rules. 4) Phonics - Explanation 5) Helpful Study Quiz Introduction: Word Decoding and Its Use Word Decoding is simply a way of breaking up a word into understandable parts. Phonics tells you how words are pronounced, but it is not much help in understanding a word through context or by remembering that parts of words contain smaller, sometimes more specific, sometimes more flexible meanings. Through learning root words , suffixes and prefixes , you can give yourself a code book that not only helps you navigate around English, but at times, also languages derived from Greek, Roman, and German.
Adding suffixes to words can change or add to their meaning, but most importantly they show how a word will be used in a sentence and what part of speech (e.g. noun, verb, adjective) the word belongs to. e.g. If you want to use the root word 'talk' in the following sentence: I …
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