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This experimental study is based on the assumption that teaching English vocabulary through Latinate word parts to undergraduate students learning English as a foreign language is an efficient means of facilitating vocabulary acquisition and also provides a useful tool for expanding the depth and breadth of lexical knowledge.

The study was carried out at the Department of English Language Teacher Training in a state university in Turkey. The participants were the freshmen students in their first semester and the senior students in their seventh semester of academic study. Freshman class was randomly divided into two in order to form …

The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate the selected English language coursebooks from the viewpoint of vocabulary selection and teaching techniques they employ. The five coursebooks chosen by the researchers are all for adults and young adults to learn and teach English as a foreign language. The books are as follows: Countdown to First Certificate (by Michael Duckworth and Kathy Gude, Oxford University Press, 1999); Advanced Masterclass by Tricia Aspinall and Anette Capel, Oxford University Press, 1999); Grammar in Context 2 (by Sandra N. Elbaum, Thomson Heinle, 2001-3rd Edition and 2005-4th Edition); New Headway Advanced (by Liz …