After reading the morphology article in class and studying vocabulary,I realize the importance of teaching students how to breakdown words and find their true meanings. It makes sense that this would improve a student’s reading comprehension and I find it surprising that it is not promoted more often in the classroom. It is very important for students to understand all parts of words. By doing this in class students they will be better able to figure out the meaning of a word, thus they will become better readers. It is beneficial to students when they are taught the different meanings of the suffixes and prefixes and are able to determine the meaning of a word. I feel that it is important for students to learn the prefixes, suffixes and root words during vocabulary time. It makes sense that students should be taught morphology hand in hand with vocabulary. Students level of comprehension will increase over time once we as teachers have given them the necessary tools to break down a word and understand it. While this strategy would benefit all students, English Language Learners would grow in their understanding of a new and challenging language.
