Oxford Picture Dictionary - English/Vietnamese - Detailed Notes

The publisher and authors thank the people for reviewing the manuscript and/or participating in focus groups during the book development.
A special thanks to Marna Shulberg and the students of the Saticoy Branch of Van Nuys Community Adult School.
Thanks to Mike Mikos for preliminary architectural sketches.

The authors acknowledge Eliza Jensen, the project's Senior Editor, the Oxford Picture Dictionary team, Lynn Luchetti, Susan Brorein, Klaus Jekeli, and Tracy Hammond

Introduction to The Oxford Picture Dictionary.
It contains over 3,700 words defined by art and meaningful context.
Enables students to learn and use English in all aspects of their daily lives.
The 140 key topics include home and family, workplace, community, health care and academic studies.
The topics are organised in 12 thematic units based on the curriculum of beginning and low intermediate level English language coursework.
The word lists include single word entries and verb phrases and adjectives
Nouns, adjectives, prepositions and adverbs are numbered.
Verbs are in bold and identified by letters.
Targeted prepositions and adjectives within phrases are in bold.

Exercises at the bottom of the pages provide vocabulary development through pattern practice and application of the new language to other texts.
An alphabetical index assists students in locating all words and topics in the dictionary.
A phonetic listing for each word in the index and a pronunciation guide give students the key to accurate pronunciation.
A verb index of all the verbs provided in the dictionary provides students with information on the present, past and past participle forms of the verbs.

Preview the topic by asking general questions, brainstorming words or discussing the pictures on the page.
Introduce the words by categories or sections, or simply choose the words you want in the lesson, demonstrating verbs and sequences.
Check comprehension with true/false statements or making students point to the items they hear.
Guided practice activities give your students an opportunity to use the new vocabulary in meaningful communication.

Welcome to The Oxford Picture Dictionary.
There are more than 3,700 words in the book to help you study English.
Each page teaches about a specific topic that are grouped together in units which have the same color and symbol.
The pictures have numbers or letters that match the numbers or letters in the word lists.
Verbs are identified by letters and all other words are identified by numbers.
Use the Table of Contents, the Index, and go topic by topic to find the words.
There are two workbooks to help you practice the new words: The Oxford Picture Dictionary Beginning and Intermediate Workbooks.
Contact them with comments or questions at: Oxford University Press, ESL Department, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

A classroom setting with numbered items and bolded verbs for easy reference.
Verbs such as "Raise your hand", "Talk to the Teacher", and "Write on the board" are included
Items such as chalkboard, screen, student, teacher etc are included

Items such as name, address, telephone number, date or place of birth, and other personal information are included.
Verbal instructions for filling out registration or medical forms like spell your name, fill out the form, print or sign details are given.

Various locations in a school are given.
classroom, teachers, auditorium, cafeteria, Principal's office and more vocabulary are given
Terms like instructor, coach, and administrator are given.

Dictionary Skills: look up, read, say, repeat, spell, copy a word.
Partner and Group Work: ask/answer questions, help partner, brainstorm, discuss, draw, dictate.
Class Work: pass out papers, follow directions, correct mistakes, fill in blanks, circle and cross out words.

Greetings and introductions:
- Hi / Hello.
- How are you? / Fine, thanks.
- Good morning / afternoon / evening / night.
- Good-bye / Bye / See you.
Introduction vocabulary: introduce yourself, make sure you understand, introduce your friend, compliment your friend, thank your friend, and apologize.

Parts:
- Telephone/phone, receiver, cord.
Types of calls:
- Local, long-distance, international.
People and things:
- Operator, directory assistance, emergency service, phone card, pay phone, cordless & cellular phones.
- Answering machine, telephone book, pager.
Actions using a pay phone: Pick up receiver, listen for dial tone, deposit coins, dial the number, leave a message, hang up.

Temperature: hot, warm, cool, cold, freezing.
Conditions: sunny/clear, cloudy, raining, snowing, windy, foggy, humid, icy, smoggy.
Weather Events: heat wave, thunderstorm, lightning, hailstorm, hail, snowstorm, dust storm.
It is/There is usage: It's cloudy. There's a heat wave. There's lightning.

Opposites are used to describe things, like big, slow, hard, thick, full, noisy, heavy, neat, good and bad. expensive, beautiful, easy.
Examples of things you can open, put away, write with.

Basic Colors are demonstrated * Blue, dark blue, light blue, turquoise, gray, orange, purple, green, beige, pink, brown
- Other colors listed:
  - yellow, red, white, black

Differentiation of where things are placed is given between multiple items.
* next to, on the left, on the right, behind, in front of, above, below, on, under, between