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Oxford University Press
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Open Forum is a three-level comprehensive series for the development of essential listening and speaking skills. The diverse listening selections-including lectures, radio interviews, news reports, and monologues-ensure a high level of engagement and discussion. In addition to the listening and discussion practice, Open Forum offers vocabulary and pronunciation strands that develop naturally out of the content. |
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A communicative, three-part course for young teenagers with a clear, structural approach and an emphasis on student involvement. |
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A communicative, three-part course for young teenagers with a clear, structural approach and an emphasis on student involvement. |
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Offers guidance on introducing and developing writing skills with young learners. The book teaches the Roman alphabet, letter shapes and names, and word recognition, and provides a framework for developing writing skills at word, sentence and text level. It encourages the idea that words can be used creatively and that writing can be fun and provides opportunities for children to practise a wide range of writing skills. |
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The Oxford English Dictionary for Schools is easy to use with its clear signposting, accessible design, and expertly levelled look and feel. Now students can and will find the words they want fast! It has extensive vocabulary including all cross-curriculum words, so it is ideal for preparing for Controlled Assessments. It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus, a unique electronic database of millions of words written for children. Added extras in this dictionary are the language panels for project work, synonyms for overused words to develop wide-ranging language skills, and citations. Real example sentences from the best children's books and teenage fiction show students how to use language most effectively. There are inspiring examples from authors such as David Almond, Philip Pullman, William Golding, Anthony Horowitz, Beverley Naidoo, and many more from the curriculum reading lists. Free downloadable learning resources, word games, puzzles, and much more are available for additional online support at www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools. |
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The Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is easy to use with its accessible layout. It delivers a wide vocabulary with excellent coverage of curriculum words. It also provides context with the age-appropriate example sentences, from the best children's books and teenage fiction to show students how to use language most effectively. It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus, a unique electronic database of millions of words written for children. It gives hands-on support to young writers, with a unique toolkit on writing skills, How to Write Well, and panels highlighting common pitfalls and giving useful suggestions for replacing overused words. It is ideal to use when preparing for the Spoken Language Study and the English Language objectives of the GCSE specifications for KS3-4, and where permitted, is ideal for taking in to Controlled Assessments, along with the companion Oxford English Dictionary for Schools. Free downloadable learning resources, word games, puzzles, and much more are available for additional online support at www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools. |
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This new 2007 edition of the Oxford Junior Thesaurus contains entries in alphabetical order, and a broad range of imaginative and adventurous synonyms with supporting example sentences. It also features useful panels focussing on overused words and writing tips. The pages are clear, accessible. A unique feature that will inspire budding writers is the example sentences by well-known children's authors, such as Dick King-Smith, Narinda Dhami, Jacqueline Wilson and Roald Dahl. These show the words actually in use to hook users in to using language effectively themselves. Unique to Oxford, they are a real boost for children writing independently. The full alphabet appears on every page with a coloured tab on the letter of the page — plus the thesaurus quartiles are picked out in a vibrant colour. Together, these are invaluable navigation tools for the child practising their alphabet skills. Guidewords also appear on every page. Extra material at the back is accurately levelled to the curriculum for this age. The Top 10 Tips for Writing Stories are excellent. More help for better writing is given with the tips for spelling success, punctuation, simple grammar, and character and setting vocabulary. |
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The Oxford Pocket School Dictionary contains 45,000 entries, up-to-date vocabulary — that is all the text of the Oxford School Dictionary in pocket format yet still with an extremely accessible page design. Additional Study Notes in the centre of the dictionary give added value. They focus on key grammar points, useful spelling tips and rules, and guides on using language effectively and well. There is a friendly and useful guide to using the dictionary dealing with FAQs such as, What do you use a dictionary for? How do I find the words I want? A good all-round dictionary for 10 years plus. |
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This is a fresh new look for the 2007 edition of the Oxford Pocket School Thesaurus. It contains 150,000 synonyms and up-to-date example sentences — that is all the text of the Oxford School Thesaurus in pocket format yet still with an extremely accessible page design. This authoritative thesaurus is an ideal companion to the comprehensive Oxford Pocket School Dictionary. Each entry is in alphabetical order, with its word class and a broad range of imaginative synonyms and supporting example sentences. Guidewords at the top of each page and the full alphabet with a tab on the letter of the page make it very easy to navigate; the page design is clear and straightforward. It features 50 useful tinted panels that give an increased number of synonyms for words that are often overused, for example put, nice, or say. There are also almost 90 topic panels — themes that students are often writing about. These focus on vocabulary connected to the topic, for example, when writing about the weather there are general words to do with the weather, meteorological instruments, words to do with air pressure, to do with rain or other precipitation, to do with sky and clouds, to do with temperature or to do with wind. A wealth of material in a very handy package. |
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Sammie, Brody, Alex, and Jolene are the fabulous, feisty girls from the After School Club and each has their own story to tell. They all have very different lives and all have families who can be a complete pain, but through all their ups and downs they have one common bond... even when they're not the best of friends. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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A topic-based course with four levels, perfect for maintaining the interest and motivation of young teenagers. |
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