SuitabookOxford English Dictionary for Schools
Oxford Dictionaries
- Reading
- Pause around independent language checking and ask how the book presents it.
- Themes
- Independent language checking: The book is intended to support students’ independent reference skills in school and at home. It presents dictionary use as a practical way to investigate language, although the depth and style of its guidance may vary across the kinds of entries a reader consults.
- English-language development: The dictionary is described as supporting improvement in spelling, punctuation and grammar, while building vocabulary. Its angle is instructional and reference-based, but the balance between these areas and the depth of explanation are unclear.
- School assessment support: The book is presented as support for school and home use, including GCSEs and controlled assessments. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Use it alongside real writing: ask the reader to look up a word, compare the explanation with the sentence, and decide which information helps them revise their spelling, punctuation or grammar.