Dictionaries as a teaching resource

Ideas for making the dictionary a primary source of interaction.

Business English dictionaries: do we need them?

How specialist English dictionaries can be helpful for both teachers and students.

Dictionary activities: Expanding vocabulary

Ways a dictionary can be used to increase students' vocabulary.

Using your Dictionary to Expand Topic Vocabulary

9 April 2020

These days, there might only be one topic of conversation in the news, on social media, and in our own chats to friends and family. Along with new...

What’s new in the new Oxford 3000™️? | ELTOC 2020

11 November 2019

A changing language The Oxford ELT Dictionaries team has relaunched its core word list, the Oxford 3000, billed as ‘the most important words to learn...

Teaching Phrasal Verbs – A New Approach | ELTOC 2020

5 November 2019

The Curse: When Adam was expelled from Eden, it seems that God had an afterthought… ‘[Because of what thou hast done]… in sorrow shalt thou eat of...