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Based on unique research into the words learners need to understand their textbooks in all subjects, the CD-ROM edition of South Africa's best-selling school dictionary includes everything in the print dictionary, plus fantastic extras.

Based on unique research into the words learners need to understand their textbooks in all subjects, the CD-ROM edition of South Africa's best-selling school dictionary includes everything in the print dictionary, plus fantastic extras.

Key features of CD-ROM
  • Find the meaning of a word even if you can't spell it
  • Colour illustrations and videos boost understanding
  • AutoFind: on-the-spot support as you write or read documents/emails or use the Internet
  • Listen to correct pronunciations to improve your own
  • Plus: printable lesson-ready exercises, memos and games - use the CD even without a computer lab
Key features of print dictionary
  • Illustrations boost learners understanding instantly, e.g. cross section, graph, prism
  • More usage notes help learners avoid common mistakes, e.g. thinking a desert is a pudding
  • More word histories covering a range of source languages as required by the curriculum
  • Double the number of example sentences more support for learners
  • Pronunciation guidance for every headword, in an easy-to-understand respelling format
  • Classroom-ready study pages great as the basis for lessons
  • More words from the South African curriculum not slang, but ammeter, ARV, biomass
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  • Oxford South African School Dictionary 4e with CD-Rom



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