by Oxford University Press | Apr 26, 2016 | Dictionaries
When you’re learning a language, you may feel reluctant to try out the new vocabulary and grammar by speaking. Perhaps you’re afraid of pronouncing a word wrongly and feeling silly. Children learning languages at school can feel the same. Teachers and parents know...
by Oxford University Press | Sep 16, 2015 | Dictionaries
The eagerly awaited fourth edition of the Oxford South African Pocket Dictionary will hit the bookshop shelves in the second half of 2015. This southern African edition of the world’s best-selling, most practical pocket English dictionary for high-school and office...
by Oxford University Press | Aug 27, 2015 | Higher Education News
The apostrophe, for some it’s a powerful tool – for others it’s a symbol of fear. Mastering the apostrophe is one of the best favours you can do for yourself, so let our easy to use infographic help you right away.
by Oxford University Press | Jun 1, 2015 | Schools News
For any text or part of speech to be comprehendible, it needs to have structure, and be governed by a set of language conventions. Help facilitate your learners command of grammar and vocabulary with this insightful infographic on language structure and...
by Oxford University Press | Apr 23, 2015 | Dictionary News, Dictionaries, Schools News
Today almost every child has a cellphone, or access to one. With free mobile or online spellcheckers available, who needs a dictionary, right? Wrong! Spellcheckers have a limited function when it comes to writing grammatically and using punctuation correctly. And as...