This essential reference contains the complete text of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary in a handy ring binder format. This edition contains hundreds of entries that reflect the important areas of contemporary word creation.Headwords: 20,000+Ages: 10-16Includes grammar and reference guideHole-punched for easy binder storagePaperback * 185 pp * 279 x 210 mm

Firmly established as Australia's best-selling school dictionary, this seventh edition of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary includes more than 20,000 headwords suitable for school aged children between 10-16 years. A special feature of this dictionary is a specially written Grammar and Reference guide.Updated contentGrammar and Reference guideMore than 20,000 headwordsPaperback * 540 pp * 210 x 135 mm

Australian Primary Oxford Dictionary is an essential reference for Australian Upper Primary students with appendix words that identify core words in key learning areas.

Compiled with the needs to students aged between 10 and 16 in mind, this new edition of the Australian Student's Oxford Dictionary contains comprehensive dictionary content (50 000+ headwords), as well as a grammar and reference guide, encyclopedic content and additional appendices.

The most comprehensive and up to date lower-primary dictionary available in Australia, jam-packed with features to encourage confidence in Australian primary school students learning to use a dictionary for the first time.

This essential resource contains two books in one - the complete texts of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary and the Australian School Oxford Thesaurus.Designed to support students throughout their secondary schooling (ages 10 to 16) as they build their writing and communication skills, this authoritative Australian resource is now completely revised and updated.Now in a vibrant and appealing new edition, this combined dictionary and thesaurus is informed by the lexicographical expertise of the Australian National Dictionary Centre, providing Australian students with a trusted reference, packed with age-appropriate features, including:Over 20,000 dictionary headwords and 10,000 thesaurus headwordsDictionary entries at the front and thesaurus entries at the backWord origin and usage notes, where doubt or error is common.

Trialled and tested in schoolsFor the first time a comprehensive dictionary of word origins will be available for all school students.Each headword entry gives a complete and fascinating story about how a particular word came into the English language and evolved over time. In addition, each headword entry includes meanings and how each word is used in context.It also includes 40 extended panels covering a range of themes like:* Other languages which gave vocabulary to the English language form Arabic and Australian-Aboriginal to Urdu and Yiddish* Acronyms (AIDS, NATO), eponyms (Wellingtons), invented words (nylon, spoof), shortened words (photo, exam), blends (motor and hotel became motel) and folk etymology* Subjects students are interested in, ranging from food and drink, animals, sports, space, to first names and illnesses