A corpus-based dictionary of the essential vocabulary learners need at elementary to pre-intermediate level.
Oxford Essential Dictionary gives all the essential help and information elementary and pre-intermediate learners need.
It includes 19,000 words, phrases and meanings but identifies the 2,000 most important words in English so students know which words to learn first.
Focus Notes give extra help with grammar, pronunciation, and spelling.
The CD-ROM includes the full dictionary, Picture Dictionary, exam preparation (KET) exercises, language games, and a Speaking Dictionary.
* 2,000 keywords, marked with a key symbol, show students the most important words to learn first
* 500 Focus Notes help with difficult pronunciation, spelling, changes in stress, for example, a noun to a verb (e.g. increase)
* 16-page Picture Dictionary, organized in useful lexical sets such as food and drink, animals, transport
* Look-Listen-Watch CD-ROM with thousands of spoken words and examples, indexed Picture Dictionary and Speaking Dictionary
* 19,000 British and American words and phrases, 13,000 examples
* 16 Study pages with practice for international exams such as KET, Movers, Starters, Flyers.