From the World of Words’ by Ajith Perera is an inspiring piece of English language study to facilitate English language learners who desire to master the language and English teachers who search for new approaches to guide their students to enrich their language proficiency.
It excites even the rudimentary reader, for each page supports him/her to be keen in learning the beauty of the language. Ajith Perera, a versatile teacher and educator in the English language has gifted a practical study material and a reference book. His vast experience in teaching has boosted him to address the dire need in the English teaching and learning process. The book From the World of Words deals with certain lexical items of the English Language. Awareness of lexemes in their correct perspective facilitates a learner to understand the words and their meanings well. A lexeme is the smallest or minimal unit of lexicon in a language that bears some meaning. Lexicon is the word stock or the vocabulary of a person. A lexeme has a morphological form, semantic content [meaning] and a syntactic category. Lexeme is basically an abstract notion used in linguistic morphology, the concrete realization of which is a word.
This book deals with ‘Parts of Speech’ at basic level and elaborates words at different levels with their contextual references.
Ajith has picked 592 words of nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives and explained their meanings and used them in sentences to enable the learner to understand them better. It is an effective way of introducing vocabulary. The information given in the book is useful for students at the school as well as university level.
The book can be recommended for the teaching of English as a second language. The author has used his experience in teaching English for 30 years in government and international schools, recognized institutes and universities, in compiling the book.
The foreword is by Prof R. M. W. Rajapakshe (Prof Emeritus, Retired Chair Prof of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya) and the book is reviewed by Rev. Fr. Anslem Shiran, Principal, St. Nicholas’ International College, Negombo and Noel Jayamanne - Senior Lecturer - ELT Resource Person. The book is available at the Catholic Book Shop, Borella.
-Sandaney Perera