The Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Korean: English-Korean Edition [Paperback]

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

Book Description

Publication Date: December 24, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0194351912 | ISBN-13: 978-0194351911 | Edition: 2nd

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, Korean

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

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2nd edition (December 24, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0194351912
• ISBN-13: 978-0194351911
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #816,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #81 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Korean

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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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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geared to English learners (not learners of Korean), November 29, 2008

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inconstant reader (Bay area, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Korean: Bilingual Dictionary for Korean speaking teenage and adult students of English (Paperback)

I teach English as a second language, and this is the dictionary that I urge my higher beginning students to get. It's a wonderful practical vocabulary builder. I have seen disappointed reviews from people trying to use these bilingual Oxford Picture Dictionaries to learn a foreign language (i.e., not English), and I don't think the OPD the best dictionary in that circumstance. Everything in the dictionary is geared toward American English and American society, and all the incidental material that Oxford University Press creates for the OPD (and there is a lot of it) is in English.

When used for the purpose for which it was designed -- learning English -- this is a fantastic asset.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Picture dictionary for adults and kids to learn English, May 2, 2008

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Joanna Maddock (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Korean: English-Korean Edition (Paperback)

This book was meant for Koreans learning English but the Korean words are under the English words so you can use it both ways. You might think a picture dictionary is for kids but this one is for grown-ups and is VERY well laid out by category. There are quite a lot of words illustrated including verbs, prepositions and nouns as well as adjectives.

2.0 out of 5 stars DOESN'T HAVE UPDATED KOREAN, January 30, 2012

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Daria Long (Chevy Chase, MD United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Korean: English-Korean Edition (Paperback)

I ended up selling this cause the vocab that I learned from it is really old...I would use the vocab out of here with some of my Korean friends & they would always correct me saying, "we don't say that". I live about 30 mins from VA so I have a lot of friends to practice with. This book doesn't have some useful expressions but it's just out of date.