Books
Introduction to Etymology
Introduction To Etymology is designed for beginners and will appeal to students of all ages as it takes them step by step through a method for learning English Vocabulary through Latin prefixes and roots and their derivatives. Starting in alphabetical order with the most familiar word origins such as AB, AD, EX, etc., Introduction leads a beginner towards the more intermediate or advanced levels of the Building English Vocabulary series also published by Beaven & Associates. All the easily recognizable families of prefixes and roots in Introduction will recur in the Building series where they expand and connect with more challenging words. Within a formal institutional setting, Introduction is appropriate for students in middle school, whereas Building is appropriate for those in latter middle school, high school, college and beyond. Teachers will find the series will enrich the instruction of English. Students of the classical Latin and Greek as well as those of the Romance languages will discover in the series a way to enhance their pursuit of a foreign language that shares the same etymology with English, particularly with the most challenging English vocabulary. At the same time, native speakers of French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese will discover in Introduction To Etymology and the subsequent Building series a common linguistic heritage. In even the most daunting English vocabulary that they come to meet in the series, native speakers will recognize the prefixes and roots of their own language. The words in the advanced level of English they aspire to reach echo what they already see, hear, and read every day in their own linguistic family that dates back to the shared Greco Roman Mediterranean world of old. Thus students, whether from America or Europe, seeking to begin to improve their knowledge of English will experience and enjoy on both sides of the Atlantic divide a shared etymology that opens up a deeper insight into another world, a first step towards which starts with Introduction To Etymology.
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Introduction to Etymology
Building English Vocabulary with Etymology from Latin and Greek
Etymology refers to tracing the origin and historical development of words in a language. How is a given word derived from an earlier word or words? Beaven & Associates has put together this publication (a series of four boooks) that explores the origins of English, as well as the influences through more modern times that has shaped it into what it is today.
The books approach the study by introducing the concept of families of words that collectively belong to the same root. Through understanding this classification method, students are able to develop a deeper understanding of the language architecture that leads to a more effective, satisfying learning experience that will unlock the nuances of our language and open educational doors for a lifetime.
Replete with exercise to improve your retention these books also include playful word puzzles to enhance your learning enjoyment.
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Etymology From Latin — Book I (Prefixes)
First book of the series presents latin prefixes.
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Etymology From Latin — Book II (Roots, part 1)
Second book of the series talks about roots, sorted alphabetically.
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Etymology From Latin — Book III (Roots, part 2)
Third book of the series has the remaining part of the roots.
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Etymology From Greek — Book IV (Prefixes and Roots)
Fourth book of the series describes prefixes and roots from Greek.
Will ship later this year.
Reading Comprehension Series: Perspectives I & II
An omnibus of passages from the great works throughout history, Perspectives takes the reader back chronologically through centuries of Western Civilization first to Genesis, then on to the ancient Greeks and Romans, and then through the Renaissance up to the present day. With excerpts drawn from the works of the great thinkers in the humanities, philosophy, and the sciences, Perspectives I & II challenge the present day student to discover the best that was thought and said throughout the ages, and on a more pragmatic level to test the accuracy and depth of his reading comprehension. While the selected passages ascend in time, the questions that follow each excerpt challenge the reader to search for what all readers need to look for: to discover the main idea behind the writing, to read between the lines, to go beyond the facts, to infer the meaning behind the often erudite language, and to discern the author's style and attitude towards his work.
Perspectives will appeal to readers from the senior year of high school through the last year of college and beyond. The series can be read for personal enrichment, or as an enlightened method of preparation for the reading comprehension sections of such national tests as: SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and MCAT. The great thinkers and their ideas are of course worth knowing for their own sake and in their own right, but the works and the questions generated therefrom can serve not only as a stimulus to a seminar interpreting the great works, but also as a spring board for a student who wants to up his score on a national test. Perspectives will open the reader’¡Çs eyes to the world of individual thought and observation, and at the same time enhance his analytical skills in reading comprehension, the logical inferences of which will redound not only on the results sent to the admissions office, but in the personal enjoyment and enrichment that will last a lifetime.
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Perspectives: Literary Legacy
First book of the series.
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Perspectives: Historical Heritage
Second book of the series.
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