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Wordsmith

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How it feels

This is a TV series that teaches vocabulary by breaking down English words into their parts. The host presents lessons for classroom use, aiming to help students understand word origins and structures.

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What happens

Wordsmith is a thirty-part instructional television series about the English language. It is meant to help students expand their vocabulary through analyzing the parts of English words. It is meant for classroom use, either through direct broadcast or through videotapes recorded from the airings by teachers or other school district personnel. The host is Bob Kupa'a Smith. In 2020, archived episodes were posted for public viewing on Indiana University's Libraries Moving Image Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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