Etymology for Schools
Give your students the learning edge. An understanding of word origins provides them with a strong foundation for understanding the English language and, by extension, themselves. Etymology for Schools is an activities-based resource that explores the origins of words and families of related words. Written by an experienced teacher and etymologist, this resource is popular with students from 9 years upwards.
Ages: 12-15 years
About the Author
David Dowling
Dr David Dowling currently teaches and writes in British Columbia, Canada. He has taught in New Zealand at Rotorua and Hamilton Boys’ High Schools, and English at Massey University. He was Chair of English at the University of Northern British Columbia. A former editor of Landfall, the New Zealand literary quarterly, he has written books (published in the UK and USA) on Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner and modern literature, and also edited books on Bruce Mason, New Zealand dramas and short stories.