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The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary, Second Edition (Monolingual English)

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Ever since I came across the New Oxford Picture Dictionary 2 years ago, I have been a fan. I like its presentation better than any other picture dictionary I've seen. This is a wonderful new edition of only the most basic vocabulary; excellent for someone brand new to English. Oxford's other picture dictionaries are more thorough, but can be overwhelming for the same reason. This is what it promises: basic. There are minor changes from the first edition, such as some illustrations, but both the 1st and 2nd editions are excellent teaching tools for the ESL professional, or learning tools for self-taught students.

P.S. I wish the other reviewers hadn't rated it so poorly. This is the MONOLINGUAL edition (English only), not Creole. Hopefully Amazon will sort out the confusion.

I went over your book (The Basic Oxford Picture Ddictionary English/Haitian Creole) last week; I found it very interesting. As an Adults School teacher, I found it very helpful special for people who don't know yet how to look for words in the regular dictionary. I have decided to use that book in my school to help my students. Now, I would like know what will be my rebate if I buy 30 of them.

Although you could never tell it by reading the other reviews, this book has NOTHING to do with Creole. It is an English picture book - you see a picture of a ladder and it's referenced to the word "ladder". It's a lot of pictures and the English word for each item. Before you buy, look at the cover and excepts - I didn't.

Looking back, I think what I needed was "The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary (English/Haitian Creole Edition). But the way you're pointed to this English version when you search on "Haiti" is misleading - no, make that incorrect.

Please don't make the same mistake I made and buy this book - that is unless you're trying to teach or learn basic English.

Although you could never tell it by reading the other reviews, this book has NOTHING to do with Creole. It is an English picture book - you see a picture of a ladder and it's referenced to the word "ladder". It's a lot of pictures and the English word for each item. Before you buy, look at the cover and excepts - I didn't.

I think what you need is "The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary (English/Haitian Creole Edition).

Just don't buy this book unless you're trying to teach or learn basic English.

This book is very deceptive. I wanted to get a book on creole
called "the basic oxford picture dictionary English/creole"
and I ended getting this one instead. the two book have the same cover but they are very diferent. one does not have anything to do with creole but the title start the same and the cover look the same. this can be confusing for first time buyer of such a language book. I know that there are a lot of people out there probably making the same mistake. this should be fixed so one does not blow there hard earn cash on mailing back and forth.