Why morphology is important in english as a second language

Abstract Morphology is one of linguistics branches that must be learnt by the English Department since it plays an important part in teaching and learning English language. It supports the language elements vocabulary and grammar as well as language skills reading, speaking, and writing. However, there is an opinion that Morphology has nothing to do with teaching English, so that there are students ignoring Morphology.

Morphology is the study of word and its internal structure affixes as well as word formation. Morphological awareness is one of linguistic awareness that enable human being to comprehend the word structure and imitate as well as manipulate that word structure. It is important to develop the morphological awareness of the learners. There are some alternatives way to teach English morphology like: using lecturing video about English Morphology from You Tube instead of books, using games for English Morphology, and giving real examples of English morphology application in the environment.

Finally, another aspect often diminished by some people, but very interesting for language students and linguists , is that the study of morphology helps us see the relation that English has with other languages.

When we talk about the roots, for example, we can notice that some words have their origin in Latin, German and French language and understand how this affected the pragmatic aspects of words, in regard to their degree of formality and informality.

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