We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Find out more

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.

Print Price: $62.50

Format:
Paperback
200 pp.
4-colour illustrations throughout, 8.375" x 10.875"

ISBN-13:
9780195440058

Publication date:
October 2010

Imprint: Oxford University Press


Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Canadian Content Areas

Dorothy Kauffman and Gary Apple

The Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas, Canadian Edition is a theme-based dictionary for second language learners and literacy students. It is divided by school content areas (curriculum based). It presents the essential words in topics that students are studying in their core class and makes these new concepts accessible through full-colour, contextualized illustrations.

The accompanying reproducible activity book, corresponding with the topics in the student book, provides opportunities to deepen understanding of the topics through readings and activities.

Readership : ESL and Literacy students in Canadian schools who need help understanding the basic vocabulary and concepts covered in the content areas.

Unit 1: General Knowledge
Unit 2: Canada and the World
Unit 3: World History
Unit 4: Canadian History
Unit 5: Canadian Government and People
Unit 6: The Human Body
Unit 7: Living Things
Unit 8: The Physical World
Unit 9: Earth and Space Science
Unit 10: Math and Technology

Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas, Canadian Edition Reproducible Activity Book

Dorothy Kauffman, Ph.D, is a consultant with the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, DC. Through CAL, she advocates for instruction that integrates the teaching of language and content, and she conducts professional development workshops with K-8 ESL and mainstream teachers. A former elementary school teacher, reaing teacher, and reading consultant, she has taught speech, reading, and English composition at the college level. At the undergraduate level, she has taught reading and language arts methods courses and children's literature, and also had supervised student teachers in elementary and middle schools. At the graduate level, she has developed and taught courses in reading and ESL methods.

Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Canadian Content Areas Reproducible Activity Book - Donna Beaton and Peggy Dunham

Special Features

  • Content based on Canadian curricula.
  • Over 1600 words presented with clear, vibrant illustrations.
  • Unit expansion pages develop academic skills using content-area vocabulary.
  • Exercises throughout reinforce content-area vocabulary along with language skills.