The Oxford Picture Dictionary The Oxford Picture Dictionary is a wonderful reference book to introduce beginning English students to a core vocabulary. It includes 3,600 words subdivided into 140 different topics (fruits, anatomy, geography, etc.), with detailed, full-color illustrations, and is available in eleven bilingual editions for Arabic, Brazilian Portugese, Cambodian, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, and monolingual English. And now there is an interactive CD-ROM edition of the Oxford Picture Dictionary in monolingual English versions for Windows and Mac systems! Recommended for all beginning and intermediate students. Also available - New Oxford Picture Dictionary CD-ROM in monolingual English and Spanish versions!
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The Oxford Picture Dictionary is an extremely useful tool for all beginning students of English. Its colorful pictures and scenes can help anyone learn English, and is perfect as an ESL reference for classroom or home study. It can be used alone as a self-study tool or with a certified ESL instructor.
When students begin to learn a new language there is a crucial need to develop a basic core vocabulary. Without this basic vocabulary, even day-to-day survival is very difficult. The Oxford Picture Dictionary is perhaps the best means to bring a student this core vocabulary. Thousands of everyday words and corresponding scenes and pictures are included in this book. If you are teaching in an ESL situation, this book will save you many hours of fumbling around trying to explain vocabulary to students who can't understand you.
The Oxford Picture Dictionary is a comprehensive reference to everyday vocabulary. It contains 3,600 words divided into 12 broad and thematically-grouped units that are further subdivided into 140 subject topics. The 12 topic areas in the dictionary include Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food, Clothing, Health, Community, Transportation, Areas of Study, Plants and Animals, Work, and Recreation.
If you are interested in this product, you may also want to look at The Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive CD-ROM. This interactive, multimedia CD-ROM brings the words and illustrations of The Oxford Picture Dictionary to life with sound and animation. Its rich assortment of games, exercises, and activities makes it flexible for use in conjunction with the Dictionary or on its own.
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The Oxford Picture Dictionary There are eleven bilingual editions of the Dictionary: Arabic, Brazilian Portugese, Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. The second language appears in blue ink alongside the English word, with a complete second-language index included at the back of the book. A monolingual English version is also available.
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