The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary, Second Edition joins the family of Oxford picture dictionaries. An ideal resource for low-beginning and literacy-level adult and young-adult students of English, the second edition of the Dictionary has the same key features as the original edition: clear page design, large, easy-to-read type, and the same vocabulary list of 1,200 essential words and phrases. The vocabulary, organized into 12 distinct thematic areas, is illustrated in full color and depicted in real-life contexts. A comprehensive index includes all the words along with a clear, easy-to-use pronunciation guide. The Dictionary can be used on its own, or together with its components, as a comprehensive and flexible program for teaching key everyday vocabulary and basic survival skills. The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary, English/Spanish Edition presents the Spanish vocabulary in blue alongside the English. A second index in Spanish is also included. The Second Edition
- New! Easy exercises on every topic give students immediate practice with the new vocabulary.
- New! A color-coded guide enables students and teachers to locate topics more easily
- New! Some artwork has been updated to reflect a more contemporary style.
- New! The Teacher?s Book is a new component. It includes the complete Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary, Second Edition within it. Wrap-around notes offer step-by-step lesson plans, teaching strategies, ideas for lesson expansion, and cultural notes.
Full-color Overhead Transparencies are available for each page of the Dictionary. The following components can be used with both the original and the second edition of The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary: The Teacher?s Resource Book of Reproducible Activities features more than 130 listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities with reproducible activity sheets. Each activity is related to a specific Dictionarytopic. A cassette and CD are available separately. The Workbook is a collection of reading and writing exercises that provide page-for-page practice of the vocabulary presented in the Dictionary. Picture Cards offer 256 black-and-white illustrations for use with each Dictionary topic. The cards are reproducible and come with a booklet of activity suggestions for both low-beginning and literacy-level students. Dictionary Cassettes and CDs contain all the Dictionary vocabulary recorded in clear, easy-to-repeat speech. The Literacy Program is a unique and practical four-skills approach to literacy instruction for adult and young-adult students of English. Packaged in a loose-leaf binder, the program includes reproducible student pagesr along with corresponding teacher?s notes.
