Affix Recognition Among University Students of English

Affix Recognition Among University Students of English

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 21.1 (2026): Al-Hamdaniya Conference
Pages
966-954

Keywords:

Morphological awareness, affix recognition, foreign language acquisition, vocabulary development, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), applied linguistics.

Abstract





          Morphological awareness of affixes affects the learners’ reading and foreign language vocabulary learning. The research is based on 30 samples from the Department of English, intended to examine the university students' competence in identifying and defining English affixes. The aim of the study was to discover the extent to which students were able to identify various kinds of English affixes, that is, prefixes, suffixes, and infixes, and also to investigate the variables that influence their ability to identify them. Data regarding students’ response was gathered through a questionnaire to ascertain if they were familiar with the processes of affixation in the English language. After collecting the responses, patterns, challenges, and effectiveness of instructional strategies employed were examined. The research is novel as the research base has mostly focused on native speakers or overall morphological awareness. The research focused on positive recognition errors university foreign language learners make, a gap in the research base. Students reporting these widespread issues involve misidentification of affixes and superficial morphological processing, both of which reflect a clear deficit in the capacity to process morphological information. Refining instructional techniques was the emphasis. Finding new ways for students to build cues for vocabulary use beyond conventional methods, this study solves the affix identification required to build vocabulary proficiency.


 





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  11. Appendix
  12. In this section, additional materials that support the study are provided. These include the questionnaire used to assess affix recognition abilities, as well as any other supplementary data or explanations referenced throughout the study:
  13. Dear Students,
  14. We hope you are very well. We are the researchers in the Department of English at the University of Al-Hamdaniya. We are conducting a study on affix recognition in the English language among university students, and we would like to get your feedback throughout the quick questionnaire presented below. The purpose of this questionnaire is to understand how students of the English language recognise different affixes in words, which can help improve language learning techniques. Your answers will be of great value and will remain anonymous, and it will only take about 20 minutes to complete. Thank you so much for your help!

Authors

Ali Hussein Hazem

Department of English, University of Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq

Fatima Farooq Jasim

Department of English, University of Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq

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DOI: 10.33899/wwh3v124

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Affix Recognition Among University Students of English: Affix Recognition Among University Students of English. (2026). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 6(21.1), 966-954. https://doi.org/10.33899/wwh3v124
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Affix Recognition Among University Students of English: Affix Recognition Among University Students of English. (2026). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 6(21.1), 966-954. https://doi.org/10.33899/wwh3v124