UNDERSTANDING GRECO-ROMAN DERIVATIVES: AN IMPLICATION FOR LEARNING ANGLICIZED CONCEPTS

Education in its true sense is not synonymous with literacy as the latter is much associated with collecting the information and applying to proffer effective solutions to the myriad problems of the global society. The intricate nature of studying science in particular and humanities in general demand a lot of efforts from students ranging from conducting practical, field trips, excursions, recordings to comprehending the derivatives and technical sense of terms as applied in various fields of study, with special reference to the unique nature of the Greco-Roman words which usually subjected students to rote memory and shallow understanding of the contextual meanings contrary to what such terms convey. This gulf culminates in student’s acquisition of lower levels of learning and deprivation of a reflective level of thinking, which the contemporary society demands. In this paper, an effort has been channeled to exploring the root derivatives in several concepts and their technical meanings as applied in a few of the various disciplines of science and humanities to facilitate a better understanding of the principles of technical terms.