The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Chinese [Paperback]

Norma Shapiro (Author), Jayme Adelson-Goldstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0194351890 | ISBN-13: 978-0194351898 | Edition: 1

A comprehensive, flexible, and up-to-date vocabulary reference and teaching tool for English language learning. The Oxford Picture Dictionary and its components create a highly teachable programme that can be used as a complete, four-skills beginning course, or as a language development supplement and practical reference. NEW Grammar Activity Book

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Language Notes

Text: English, Chinese

About the Author

Norma Shapiro has been involved with language teaching since 1982. She has conducted many workshops on vocabulary development, communicative activities, and using visuals in the classroom. Jayme Adelson-Goldstein is an ESL teacher-trainer,consultant, and author living in Northridge, California.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (April 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0194351890
• ISBN-13: 978-0194351898
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #648,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Norma Shapiro has been involved with language teaching since 1982. She has conducted many workshops on vocabulary development, communicative activities, and using visuals in the classroom.

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65 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for ESL students, Bad for Chinese students, September 23, 2002

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Nick - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Chinese (Paperback)

This is a bad thing for anyone learning Chinese because IT DOESNT HAVE PINYIN. BE WARNED.

However, ESL students will love this thing because of the pictures and the English.

However, IT IS WORTHLESS for AMERICANS LEARNING CHINESE.

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but limited, July 30, 2004

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J. Marren "jtm497" (Glen Ridge, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Chinese (Paperback)

This is an easy to use picture dictionary organized around themes, such as homes, food, feelings, etc. The illustrations are clear and colorful. There are two big drawbacks, however, the first and biggest being that there is no pinyin used, so a Westerner has no idea whatsoever about how to pronounce the Chinese word, although phonetic spellings for the English words are listed in the index. The second is that the "old style" characters are used, not the simplified versions. This book is definitely for Chinese students learning English but of very limited use for English speakers wanting to learn Chinese. As an ESL teacher in China recently, I found I only used this book as a last resort, when explanations of various words proved impossible, and once when I was teaching a lesson on homes. This book is a useful supplement, but I'm going to try to find something with pinyin when I return to China to teach again.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best for Chinese-speaking Students, June 28, 1999

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This review is from: The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Chinese (Paperback)

It's an excellent dictionary for Chinese-speaking student. It's better than the book "The New Oxford Picture Dictionary". It's best for beginner. There are a lot of examples,illustrations,& pictures in this dictionary. Unfortunately, it's out of stock at Amazon.com at this moment(June'99).