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  Word formation in English English is a modern, rich in vocabulary and versatile language and that is due to the great capacity of different manners to enlarge the English lexicon by means of creation, assimilation, borrowing, etc. of new words. There are many types of word formation, such as derivation, borrowing, coinage, blending, calques, neologism, acronyms, clipping and abbreviations, reduplication, back-formation, though the most important are derivation, conversion and compounding. Affixation: It is another type of derivation in which we form a new word without the change of the root or stem of the word but adding prefix, suffix or infix ( a bound morpheme). Prefixes: a new word can be formed if added a prefix at the beginning of a word, they usually come from Latin, Greek or Germanic words. Suffixes: A new word is formed whenever we add any of these derivational suffixes at the end of the word.   SUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLES -l

                               Sometimes in our personal life we can not travel abroad to put into practice the language we are learning due to a huge array of reasons; it can be due to lack of money, time, dependency to other people such as relatives, sickness, official national or regional lockdowns, quarantine, voluntary isolation, work hindrances, etc.  Thus, we must look for alternatives to improve our target language the same way we were in any English-speaking country. Here are ten tips for you to follow to achieve it:   1 st tip: the most effective way to improve our skills according with numerous researches are to imitate native speakers. For example, we can imitate our favourite native American or British actors or actresses and try to imitate the way they speak, their intonation, accent, etc. You can try to rehearse your favourite scenes from your favourite film or play. You should watch attentively the actors and imitate exactly their mouths and lip´s movements. Theatre