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Etymology and Vocabulary Development for the L2 College Student: Equal Relevance for Latin-Based and Non Latin-Based Foreign Students.
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Bellomo, Tom S. – 1999
A study investigated whether the use of etymology as an instructional technique for vocabulary development in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction is equally effective for students from Romance and other language backgrounds. Subjects were 20 community college ESL students in two cohorts. Pre- and posttests assessed etymological…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics