Oxford Picture Dictionary: English/Spanish

I use the Oxford Picture Dictionary at least twice a week with the inmates at a county jail in Illinois. My students are adult males from 18 to 56. Some have never been to school and are illiterate in their native language as well as in English. Because my students come and go at the will of the courts I use various year one textbooks. The one consistency in my materials is the OPD. No matter what the lesson of the day, there is something in the OPD that can reinforce the lesson and give opportunity to use the language. I am a great believer in the value of interactivity in the classroom, and the OPD offers many opportunities for valuable small group, partner, and around-the-circle verbal exercises. Even when I have not specified using the OPD, I find my students leafing through it or, better yet, using the Index, to find out what I am talking about. My students love the OPD, and so do I.

I ordered this for my student and she was thrilled with it, would buy form seller again. Fast service.

I have been teaching ESL for five years and this is the best picture dictionary that I have found so far.

I received a brand new book in just a few days after I placed my order. I am very happy with my purchase. This Dictionary is even better than the first edition. It is more up to date, has more pictures about real life situations. I love it, and my students are truly learning with this.

I am taking a 10 week course (2 hours weekly) on Conversational Spanish. After learning the Spanish alphabet so that I have a concept of correct pronunciation, the OPD has opened up a whole world of Spanish to me in a way that is almost unbelievable. If you can turn a page and see, you can learn Spanish with the OPD. It covers so many areas of life amd os sp easy to use. I highly recommend it. It's a must if you want to be able to continue your Spanish education at home.