Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

DictionariesNew dimensions beyond words

Zsolt Magnucz

Oxford University Press

18 August 2015

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

NEW 9th Edition

How many new words does it contain?

700 new words in the print book

An additional 200 new words on the DVD-ROM

and online


NEW 9th Edition

New words:

glamping glocal

to misremember to photobomb

spendy to vape


NEW 9th Edition

glamping: a type of camping, using tents and other kinds of accommodation, facilities, etc. that are more comfortable and expensive than those usually used for camping

glocal:having features or relating to factors that are both local and globalAs a glocal enterprise, we market different products in different parts of the world.

to misremember: to remember something in a way that is not accurate or truePeople often misremember their vacations as more idyllic than they

actually were.


NEW 9th Edition

to photobomb:

to spoil a photograph by suddenly appearing or doing

something unexpected as the picture is taken

My dog is always photobombing my pictures.

spendy:

1 expensive It's a really fun restaurant but a bit spendy.

2 spending a lot of money He's spendy—he buys luxury cars

new.

to vape:

to suck vapour from an electronic cigarette into your mouth

and let it out again Are you allowed to vape at work?


NEW 9th Edition

What is the most difficult about learning

English?

Speaking


NEW 9th Edition

Speaking

Where do students need most help?

• Pronunciation

• Conversation skills

• Everyday expressions

• Exam preparation


NEW 9th Edition

The new Oxford iSpeaker and Oxford Speaking Tutor

give students all the help they need

NEW 9th Edition

Oxford Speaking Tutor

• Covers typical exam-style tasks

(negotiating,discussing

opinions,talking about a topic)

• Provides model texts

• Highlights useful language

• Includes tips for exam success

• watch videos of typical speaking exam tasks

• study models and useful language [book + digital]

• record and play back your own speaking

• watch sound videos

• record and play back your own pronunciation

• assess yourself

• watch video dialogues

• study models and useful language [book + digital]

• take part in the dialogues, record and play back

your own speaking

OALD9: Speaking support


NEW 9th Edition

New features

NEW 9th Edition

Visual Vocabulary Builder

56 pages of typical topics in the

print book

Topic Dictionaries(My Topics)

Online and on the DVD-ROM

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O N L I N E


www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

• Book + DVD-ROM + online access code

• Buy access code online

• Website: www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

• OALD9e app

- iOS September 2015

- Android December 2015


NEW 9th Edition

Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic

English

Intermediate to Advanced (B1-C2)

This is the only learner’s dictionary to focus exclusively on academic English

Designed for learners studying, or preparing to study, academic subjects on English-medium university courses

Helps students learn the words and phrases used in academic writing, and how to use them in their own academic written work.


English

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The dictionary includes hundreds of academic usage notes.

Which Word? notes

explain difficult or confusing words.


English

. Language Banks give

useful phrases for

particular language

functions, such as ordering

points, describing trends

or making a

counterargument.


English

.

Grammar Points deal with tricky

points of academic

grammar.


English

.

Thesaurus notes help

learners distinguish

between close

synonyms and choose

the most appropriate

one for their context.

. 48-page Oxford Academic Writing Tutor includes:

•Tips about expressing ideas

in different ways

•Help with grammar, for

example tenses, for specific

types of writing


English

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Oxford Academic iWriter to develop writing

skills

Explore the Academic Word List and subject

area word lists in the dictionary

Consolidate Academic Word List vocabulary with

practice exercises

Create your own word lists with the ‘My Lists’

feature

Explore the reference section and a

bibliography of all the texts in the Oxford Corpus

of Academic English

Page 2

Oxford Wordpower Dictionary 4th edition

Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate

B1 – B2

The dictionary that gets results

Page 35


New for the 4th edition

• Over 500 new words

• New 16-page Oxford Writing Tutor

• Oxford iWriter on CD-ROM

• iGuide on CD-ROM – an interactive

tutorial that helps students explore

dictionary entries

• New link on CD-ROM to two free

online

practice tests (PET and FCE) on

www.oxfordenglishtesting.com

Page 36



30 Exam Tips offering practical help with

exam preparation

Page 37



New Topic notes are full of

information and include the

most useful vocabulary related

to the topic.

Make words work for you -

You can with Oxford Word Skills

Basic(Elementary and

Pre-Intermediate)

A1-A2

Intermediate(Intermediate and

Upper-

Intermediate)

B1-B2

AdvancedC1-C2

Oxford Word Skills

Key Features

• Each level covers 2,000 words. Almost all of the

Oxford 3000™ words are included in the Basic and

Intermediate levels.

• Each level contains 80 units- most units are a double

spread

Study and work

42 I can talk about my school

43 I can talk about university

44 I can name jobs

45 I can describe a job

46 I can talk about using a computer

47 I can use email and the internet

Review

Oxford Word Skills

Key Features

Oxford Word Skills provides plenty of practice of the

target language in the unit, reinforces it in the review

unit, and provides additional practice exercises on the

CD-ROM.

Super-Skills CD-ROM with over 400

additional exercises, including listening and speaking

activities

- matching words and pictures

- joining in dialogues

- working with texts

- correcting mistakes

Oxford Word Skills

Key Features

A ‘test yourself’ cover

card is included in each

Pack. The page design

makes it easy for

students to ‘cover and

check’ to make sure

they have learned the

new vocabulary.

Thank you!

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