Publisher's Synopsis
By drawing on words that students already understand, THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT VOCABULARY BUILDING: WORD ROOTS teaches vocabulary with minimal time and effort. This text avoids rote memorization techniques and instead highlights the meaningful units within words. This enables students to expand their vocabularies quickly and learn a reliable system for recognizing and retaining vocabulary. In addition, its intuitive design and alphabetical organization make it easy for students to use this edition as a reference tool as well as a textbook. As always, this newest edition remains brief, affordable, and concise.
