Longman Photo Dictionary of American English, New Edition (Monolingual Student Book with 2 Audio CDs) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405827963 ISBN 13: 9781405827966

Publisher: Pearson Longman ESL, 2006

Synopsis

The Longman Photo Dictionary of American English gives students instant understanding of basic words and is ideal for adult students at the first stage of vocabulary building.

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Beginning Low-Intermediate
Designed for adult learners of English, the new "Longman Photo Dictionary of American English" uses clear, contemporary color photos to make learning new vocabulary fun, and new words easy to remember! Suitable for both classroom use and home reference, this dictionary teaches real language in real contexts to help beginners master over 3,000 key words. Over 3,000 essential words grouped contextually or thematically include 94 different topics from everyday life The Kitchen, The Supermarket, Public Transportation to specific interests such as Technology, Sports, Hobbies, and more. Over 1,000 full-color photos give students the visual context essential for understanding the accurate meaning and uses of each word. Classroom conversation activities cover basic grammar points and stimulate conversation by helping students practice the new vocabulary by describing people, objects, and situations. Extra writing practice with controlled exercises at the back of the book recycles all the words through word searches, crossword puzzles, matching activities, and so on. An alphabetically organized Wordlist offers useful phonetic pronunciations and quickly guides students to photos of words they don't know.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Longman ESL
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405827963
• ISBN 13: 9781405827966
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Jennifer Sagala