Oxford Picture Dictionary: English/Chinese | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jayme Adelson-goldstein, Norma Shapiro
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 52712
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0194740129
Dewey Decimal Number: 413
EAN: 9780194740128
ASIN: 0194740129
Publication Date: June 23, 2008
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The remarkable new edition of the best-selling Oxford Picture Dictionary, features over 4,000 words and phrases illustrated with all new vibrant, crystal-clear artwork. The topics, based on extensive input from teachers and students, have been thoroughly updated to meet the needs of today's English language learners. The new bilingual editions have complete second language indexes.
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 An Excellent Picture Dictionary for English Teachers in China. July 27, 2008
I am the director of studies for a private English language instruction company in a big city in the south of China. My company has great resources, but I had felt that the time had come to have an additional book resource for vocabulary building for beginner students. The Oxford Picture Dictionary in English and Chinese was highly recommended, and has become an asset to our academic department and for hundreds of students.
Illustrating meaning is a wonderful way to impart new vocabulary words to newcomers to the English language. To get reputable and accurate translation is hard to come by in China, and Oxford does it with impeccable style and accuracy.
Bravo, Oxford Picture Dictionary!
Perfect for Chinese learners of English January 12, 2008
This dictionary is a great compliment in an ESL class. It's intended audience is the Chinese student of English. The variety of subjects and American life in general is good. It's a great source for vocabulary and a conversation starter.
Oxford Picture dictionary English/Chinese July 27, 2007
I would rate it with 5 stars if it had an auto tape with it.
Practical - Excellent supplement for Multiple levels May 28, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A practical took for tutoring and teaching Chinese ESL students of multiple levels. Often, a picture really is worth a thousand words - especially if the student doesn't know a thousand words!
Excellent noun dictionary for English learners May 28, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher and use these dictionaries in class. My students inevitably want to buy their own copies and are delighted to find that they are available in bilingual editions for many languages.
The categorical organization of the dictionaries and the inclusion of many everyday items makes them very valuable for those students who are living in the U.S. (and presumably other Western English-speaking countries). My only criticism would be that they don't include any computer-related terms; this could be addressed in a new edition.
Speaking of which, I haven't switched to the so-called "New Oxford Picture Dictionary" because it has far fewer vocabulary items.
Despite the bilingual editions, I don't consider these books to be as useful for English speakers trying to learn a foreign language as for English learners living in the U.S., because the content and categories reflect shopping, homes, services, clothes, and so forth as they are experienced in the U.S. and similar countries.
Another potential area of disappointment is that the OPD should not be one's only English dictionary, since, being pictorial, it is suited to nouns but not to verbs or concepts. As a noun dictionary, it's excellent.
I have not used the extensive additional teaching materials that are available for these dictionaries.
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