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Tighe and Gal Kaldes, Georgia State University  \nAcknowledgment: Support for this research digest was provided by a Language and Literacy seed grant (Georgia State University). The authors are currently developing a morphological and etymological intervention for adult education learners and a professional development for instructors.  \nMorphological knowledge refers to an individual’s understanding of the structure and meaning of words based on their familiarity with morphemes (i.e., word parts, including prefixes, suffixes, and bases) . This knowledge is crucial to developing various aspects of language and literacy to successfully function in 21st century education and workplace settings, including vocabulary, spelling, phonological awareness, word reading, and reading comprehension. This research digest provides a brief review on why morphological knowledge is important to literacy for adult education leaners. Next, we briefly describe the literature on adult morphological and etymological instruction and provide examples for how to integrate them in the classroom with adult education learners. We conclude with future directionsand resources for research and educational practice.  \nWhy is Morphological Knowledge Important to Literacy?  \nRecognized theoretical frameworks of literacy emphasize that awareness of morphemes and processing morphological information in text supports reading comprehension and other literacy skills, including word reading and vocabulary (Levesque et al., 2021; Perfetti & Stafura, 2014) . Moreover, research with adult education learners has found that morphological knowledge is related to better word reading (Tighe et al., 2019), vocabulary (Fracasso et al., 2016), and reading comprehension skills (Tighe & Schatschneider, 2016a, b) . Morphological knowledge can help adult education  \nlearners because morphemes enhance multiple reading skills (Kirby & Bowers, 2017) . Below we list examples of how morphological knowledge can serve as a powerful strategy to enrich these skills:  \nVocabulary: Students can use morphemes to break down and infer the meaning of unfamiliar words. For example, the word “unhelpful” contains a \u003Cun> prefix (i.e., opposite of),“help” base, and \u003Cful> suffix (i.e., having characteristics of), which helps decipher the meaning (i.e., to be lacking in assistance or support). Students can extend their vocabulary knowledge by identifying word families, or groups of words with a common base. For example, knowing the base word “fort” can extend to other related words, such as “forts,” “fortitude,” and “fortify.”  \nPhonological Awareness: Some words undergo phonological (i.e., sound) changes when adding a suffix to form a more complex word (e.g.,“magic” to “magician”) . Increasing learners’ cognizance of prefixes, suffixes, and bases in both oral language and written words can help students recognize and manipulate sounds within words (e.g.,“magic” has a /k/ phoneme that changes to a /∫/ phoneme in “magician”) .  \nPronunciation: Recognition of morphological word boundaries (e.g., mis/hap) can help learners increase reading fluency with correct pronunciation and prosody (i.e., appropriate reading expression) . For example, learners who encounter the word “mishap” would likely recognize the \u003Cmis> prefix, which helps them avoid reading the \u003Csh> as a digraph (as in “shell”) .  \nCorrespondence: [etighe@gsu.edu](etighe@gsu.edu) 48  \nSpelling: Consider the word “action” and the rationale behind why this word contains a \u003Ct> rather than the \u003Csh> digraph to represent the /∫/ phoneme (Bowers & Bowers, 2018). Once the learner is prompted to break down the word “action” into its morphological components (act + ion), the reason","cbCaip6FdaMM8r87","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip6FdaMM8r87","pdf",96017,"English","# Why is Morphological Knowledge and Instruction Important for Adult Education Learners?\n## Why is Morphological Knowledge Important to Literacy?\n## Morphological Instruction","[{\"question\":\"What is morphological knowledge and why is it important for adult education learners?\",\"answer\":\"Morphological knowledge is understanding word structure and meaning through morphemes like prefixes, suffixes, and bases. It supports multiple literacy skills, including vocabulary, spelling, phonological awareness, word reading, and reading comprehension.\"},{\"question\":\"How does morphological knowledge improve literacy outcomes such as reading comprehension and word reading?\",\"answer\":\"Morphological awareness helps learners parse unfamiliar words, which strengthens vocabulary and word reading. 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