Morphology
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80% of words readers encounter have one or more prefixes and/or suffixes (Cunningham, 1998).
The study of morphology helps learners understand a word's meaning (vocabulary)
and how words are built (decoding & encoding).
The study of morphology helps learners understand a word's meaning (vocabulary)
and how words are built (decoding & encoding).
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At the end of this course, you will...
- Understand the history of English and how words change over time.
- Define morpheme, free and bound bases, and affixes.
- Recognize the most common prefixes, roots, suffixes, and combining forms in English content words, and analyze words at both the syllable and morpheme levels.
- Recognize advanced morphemes.
Meet the instructor
Barbara Steinberg
Walking into Barbara's office, a framed quote sits on the bookshelf:
The quote sums up Barbara's passion and dedication for helping students who learn differently.
An elementary teacher for more than ten years, Barbara witnessed so many smart, capable, hard working students struggle with basic reading skills. Feeling ill prepared to help these students, Barbara searched for answers as to why so many students were struggling and what she could do about it.
Her search for answers led to graduate school. When Barbara learned that a child who fails to read adequately in 1st grade has a 90% probability of reading poorly in 4th grade, she knew something had to change.
In 2010, Barbara left the classroom and founded PDX Reading Specialist. From the beginning, her mission was clear: INSPIRE Individuals to Become CONFIDENT & CAPABLE Learners. And that begins with teacher training on the science of reading.
At her core, Barbara is an educator and advocate working to reshape the narrative of what it means to learn differently. She is a nationally recognized speaker, delivering keynote speeches for Learning Ally, EdWeb, EdWeek, and Decoding Dyslexia. She is passionate about training educators on how to deliver evidence based instruction, equipping them with tools to be successful, and inspiring all to believe that we can not only overcome reading challenges, but prevent them from taking hold...if we act early.
Prepare to be inspired and empowered.
"This isn't what I do. It's who I am."
The quote sums up Barbara's passion and dedication for helping students who learn differently.
An elementary teacher for more than ten years, Barbara witnessed so many smart, capable, hard working students struggle with basic reading skills. Feeling ill prepared to help these students, Barbara searched for answers as to why so many students were struggling and what she could do about it.
Her search for answers led to graduate school. When Barbara learned that a child who fails to read adequately in 1st grade has a 90% probability of reading poorly in 4th grade, she knew something had to change.
In 2010, Barbara left the classroom and founded PDX Reading Specialist. From the beginning, her mission was clear: INSPIRE Individuals to Become CONFIDENT & CAPABLE Learners. And that begins with teacher training on the science of reading.
At her core, Barbara is an educator and advocate working to reshape the narrative of what it means to learn differently. She is a nationally recognized speaker, delivering keynote speeches for Learning Ally, EdWeb, EdWeek, and Decoding Dyslexia. She is passionate about training educators on how to deliver evidence based instruction, equipping them with tools to be successful, and inspiring all to believe that we can not only overcome reading challenges, but prevent them from taking hold...if we act early.
Prepare to be inspired and empowered.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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