The New Oxford Picture Dictionary

by E.C. Parnwell

Book Overview

Presents over 2,400 useful everyday words on 102 pages of detailed, full-color, contextualized illustrations. This dictionary organises vocabulary under 82 topics, from basics such as food and clothing, to topics such as occupations and public transportation. A set of four Cassettes features a reading of the vocabulary items in the dictionary.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0194341992
• ISBN13: 9780194341998
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Background text for ESL

Very good backgrounbd material for students of ESL. The format is clear and the information has a wide scope. I would recommend this book.

A "Must" For ESL Classes

I'm relatively new at teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to Spanish speaking adults. Over the past year I've learned that this book is the first one I reach for when having trouble communicating with my students. Better yet, it is the first book the students reach for when trying to understand or with communicate with me.This book addresses conversational English giving the student a way to communicate in an English speaking country. The words and pictures are pertinent to everyday living and very descriptive.I have researched other books, but have not found anything which comes close -- at any price! -- to this picture dictionary.If you only purchase one book of this type, this is the one to buy. If you are going to buy mulitple books on this subject, this should be the first one!

Excellent simple approach for the very busy person teaching

The BEST feature of the New Oxford Picture Dictionary is that the workbook and textbook pages are correlated. It is SO much easier to teach a class of non-English speaking clients and SO much easier for them to experience success. They LOVE the format and the information is pertinent, with necessary language skills taught first. The pictures are EXCELLENT, and the content superb. Because I teach for 8 hours a day before teaching an English as Second Lang. class, I have little time to prepare. This series offers a simple, direct approach that is easy to reference, and easy to work with independently for the novice English speaker. BEST picture dictionary/workbook on the market. Please publish one in Norwegian! I will buy it!!!!!

The new oxford picture dictionary

I have been teaching ESL to Spanish-speaking people for over 6 years and this has been a very useful aid in teaching. Now that I am teaching Spanish to English-speakers it is not as useful as it is when I teach English. Spanish words are not updated and I always have to change at least three words per page.

Great for teaching English!

I just returned from Mongolia, where a group was teaching English to the Mongolian children. This was a very valuable tool both for both in-class instruction and indepenent study. The real test is that the New Oxford Picture Dictionary (Monolingual version) was a real hit with the kids!