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Word by Word Picture Dictionary

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By the authors of SIDE BY SIDE this is a much more colorful and better organized picture dictionary than the formerly more popular OXFORD PICTURE DICTIONARY. Whenever I bring it to class, if the students don't have it, the first thing atleast 70% will ask me is "Where can I get it ?" - - used with the accompanying flash cards (not included) you can teach entire (and substantive) lessons with just those two things alone... and even without it, you can use it to expand amply from whatever text book you're using. The chapters on the household, occupations, places around town, work activities are especially useful. In my begining classes we learn how to ask each other questions about these subjects, and begin all our classes discussing what we did over the weekend, what we did at work etc. etc. We talk about our house, our family... and all these topics are with Level 1 students, eye to eye (pair work, group work, class discussion)and facilitated by lessons from this book. - - Pictures get students talking and open them up and this is the ultimate resource ! ! !

As a tip, the students love looking at the pictures and discussing them, so to keep activities interactive, have students share books... or make worksheets where the students have to exchange information ! ! !

Illustrations are somewhat dated and the colors on some pages need to be sharper but the book is quite thorough and a great pictionary overall.

One of my specialties is vocabulary, so I'm always looking good visual dictionaries. I've bought half I've found, and most of the rest are on my shopping list. This is a very close second to the Oxford Picture Dictionary as my favorite. It's not as comprehensive and the illustrations are not as good, but the topical arrangement is better and it's easier on your budget. The authors have written several other excellent ESL books. Two of their vocabular books include a basic version of this one and Day By Day: English For Employment Communication. Their Foundations is a conversation book but is also a good vocabulary builder.

The book is very good,I still remenber the moment that i got the book.It help my daughter enjoy English.

I use this with my wife and to help myself learn chinese.My wife is from China and her english skills and my chinese could both use all the help we can get. This book is well put together and the groupings of topics help us with solving problems and situations quickly and well.

my dad is learning english and the instructor in his ESL class suggested they purchase this book. My dad loved it and said it was one of the best books for ESL that he has seen.

If you are starting to learn English - this is one of the best books you can buy for yourself. It has SO MANY topics that it covers almost all topics of everyday life. Unfortunately, there is no transcription so you have to buy the CDs. Other than that it is a great book. Topis include family, everyday activities and language, home, community, describing things, colors and clothing, numbers, money, time, food, shopping, community services, health, school and activities, work, transportation and travel, recreation and entertainment, nature, international travel and tourism. Each page has some exercises on the bottom to topic.

I'm very lucky to find this book, because it will helps me to learn English. But I think it's good also for everybody because the book teach us the correct name of the things that we need day by day.

It's my second by at Amazon and I'm very happy

Cordially,

Luzia

I was lucky enough to be in a situation where my adult ESL classroom had enough in-classroom copies for all students to use during classtime. I used this almost everyday. It's a fantastic way to teach new vocabulary, especially when you combine its use with other teaching tools, such as acting out motions. I often had my students use the books to quiz each other. This is a good resource, and if you can get enough copies for everyone in your class to share, DO IT!

I REALIZE in retrospect that the product description says this book is for English study, but one of the tags was something like Foreign language/ instruction/ Korean. So I hoped and thought it might be 50/50 enough to use to study Korean. This is not the case. Even the vocabulary is slanted toward English learning, and the support material is ONLY in English. "Word for Word," maybe, but not sentence for sentence, usage for usage, or activity for activity.

So my lackluster rating may be biased, but I feel that it really could have done more. I am an English teacher in Korea, so I could do worse than another tool for the trade. I may come to love this product in time as supplemental material. The extent and range of the vocabulary and illustrations presented is commendable.

However, if you are one of the thousands of English teachers in Korea hoping to gain an edge on your Korean self-education, keep looking and you may find something less one-sided. This one is not targeted for you.