Oxford Wordpower Dictionary increases intermediate learners’ wordpower by extending their vocabulary and enabling them to use English with greater confidence and accuracy.
Specially developed to help students make the breakthrough from a basic survival vocabulary to greater confidence and fluency with the spoken and written word.
Level: Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate
Key features
• 37,000 references, written in a clear, simple language using a defining vocabulary of 2,500 words.
• 'Core' vocabulary - the words students need to use most frequently - is marked with a star. Extra help is available to ensure students use these words correctly.
• The clear layout and headwords in colour make it easier for students to find the information they need.
• Illustrations help clarify the meanings of hundreds of words
• The 8 full-colour vocabulary pages cover topics such as the human body, the house, animals and plants
• pronunciation given for most headwords, using the International Phonetic Alphabet (guide to phonetic symbols runs across the bottom of each page)
• Irregular forms and spellings are given in full to avoid common errors.
• Hundreds of grammatical patterns are shown so that learners can see at a glance which preposition to use or whether to use a gerund or an infinitive.
• 4,000 usage notes give clear advice on grammar, register, easily confused words, and other areas of difficulty.
• Reference sections give information on irregular verbs, numbers, maps and geographical names.
• An 8-page section with fun-to-do exercises develops good dictionary skills and helps students understand how the dictionary can help them.
• The 32 photocopiable Study Pages give further help with vocabulary, phrasal verbs, idioms, collocations, word formation, letter and essay writing, and much more.
• A 16-page Quick Grammar Reference section covers the areas that are essential to the intermediate learner.