Beginning Dictionaries

Longman Basic Dictionary of American English

Level: Beginning -- Low-Intermediate

Clear, highly illustrated, and easy to use, the Longman Basic Dictionary of American English is the ideal first monolingual dictionary. It gives clear, understandable definitions of all the words beginning students need to know.

  • Over 10,000 words and phrases clearly and simply explained
  • 200 fun cartoon illustrations make the words easy to remember
  • Full-color illustration section brings words to life under headings such as Hobbies and Games, Clothes, Sports, Space, Prepositions, and encourage vocabulary building
  • Over 7,000 natural example sentences show how words are used in context
  • Exercises show students how to get the most from their dictionary
  • Usage notes based on information from the Longman Learner’s Corpus help students avoid frequent writing errors
  • A Workbook Introduction gives practice in how to use the dictionary

 

Paper          0-582-33251-6
Hardcover    0-582-77643-0


Longman Photo Dictionary of American English

Level: Low-Beginning -- Low-Intermediate

The Longman Photo Dictionary of American English uses clear, contemporary color photos to make new words easy to remember!

 

  • Over 3,000 essential words grouped contextually include
  • Over 1,000 full-color photos give students the visual context
  • Multilingual word lists in Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese with phonetic pronunciation.
  • Classroom conversation activities cover basic grammar points and stimulate conversation
  • Extra writing practice recycles all the words through word searches, crossword puzzles, matching activities
  • Audio CDs at the back of the dictionary provide pronunciation of every word, plus a variety of listening activities

Workbook:

  • 400 exercises recycle words presented in the dictionary including matching, categorizing, completing analogies, creating sentences, and solving word puzzles
  • Workbook Audio CD contains varied listening activities, with a listening script at the back of the book


Monolingual Edition with Audio CDs     1-405-82796-3
Multilingual Edition with Audio CDs      1-405-82797-1

Workbook with Audio CD          0-13-194772-9


Longman Study Dictionary of American English

Level: Beginning -- Low-Intermediate

The Longman Study Dictionary of American English is an invaluable resource for low-intermediate learners.  The dictionary accelerates vocabulary development by highlighting academic vocabulary and content-area vocabulary across subject areas.

With the Longman Study Dictionary of American English, students will understand more and achieve more.


Features:

  • Clear, carefully graded definitions of 24,000 words and phrases
  • 19,000 examples show words in context
  • Entries from the Academic Word List are highlighted to help students understand academic texts
  • Word Family Boxes show academic words with the same root
  • 32-page full-color study section with both photos and illustrations
  • Thesaurus Boxes explain words with similar meanings, enriching students’ speech and writing
  • Workbook lessons on best dictionary practices are included

Paper 1-405-83165-0
Hardcover 1-405-83166-9