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The Oxford Picture Dictionary: Intermediate Workbook (The Oxford Picture Dictionary Program)

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This workbook is very useful for providing more practice for ESL students learning new English vocabulary. It also opens topics for discussion which help students practice other related words and ideas. It is very helpful to have the page numbers matched exactly to the pages in the Oxford Picture Dictionary (and the Oxford Beginning Workbook) so that students of different levels can work together on the same subject, but at their own level.

While this workbook focuses on the vocabulary in the picture dictionary that goes with it, it nonetheless is a multi-skill workbook! It is not just a vocabulary workbook. It requires not only acquisition of the vocabulary itself, but also, comprehension of the vocabulary IN CONTEXT. Furthermore, learners must often write complete sentences, thus putting the new vocabulary into useful, authentic language.

If you buy the dictionary, which is a very interesting, user-friendly, and useful book, then I highly recommend that you purchase this one as well. The two together are an excellent study tool. I suggest that all of my students buy them. They can work with them alone, and also, we can work with them together.

For some people they know a little English,but not knowing that much, this is a good workbook to improve your ability to speak English.

This is a great and useful workbook but....
1. some of the pages dont correspond to the new edition of the dictionary, so much so, that its impossible to assign homework because the pictures are NOT AT ALL the same. thank goodness i found the old edition, so my students were able to complete the exercises, but seriously?! its like they updated the dictionary but not the workbooks? that's poor publishing!!!

2. wish the book was longer and more exercises were available for some topics like History, Holidays (more should be included), etc.

otherwise, the colors are great and for most of the lessons, it works well as an extra practice.

This is a great book for Intermediate students. Students who struggle with reading will find this workbook challenging. We usually work on the lessons as a group and the lessons prompt good discussion on new vocabulary.