Steve Cohen writes asking about teaching classic Latin etymological
information to approach
words and the ability to see grammatical structures. Steve, I say,
"Hooray!" We instructors of ESL at the college/university level here in
our department indeed do just what you propose. We incorporate as a
major portion of second level ESL  instruction emphasis on "Roots,
Prefixes, and Suffixes," and we have seen this provides considerable
return from our students in their ability to recognize 'how' so many
English words have come to be used as they are used. This seems to help
them recognize new vocabulary. Students seem to quickly grasp the
concept of recognizing root words and the context in which they are
used. We get quite positive feed-back from our students as to its value.
(Oh, they groan in the healthy student way, but even those hardest to
_sell_ finally admit they recognize the value of this instruction.)
    So, Steve, that is my two cents. I hope you see the positive
reaction from your students we eventually see with ours. I think we are
on the right track. Best wishes. Gordon Rives Carmichael
Developmental Studies, English As A Second Language, University of
Central Texas and Central Texas College, University of Texas State
System