Longman Photo Dictionary of American English

Now with Audio CDs!

Designed for adult learners of English, the new Longman Photo Dictionary of American English uses clear, contemporary color photos to make new words easy to remember! Suitable for both classroom use and home reference, this dictionary teaches real language in real contexts to help beginners master over 3,000 key words.

• Over 3,000 essential words grouped contextually include 94 different topics from everyday life – The Kitchen, The Supermarket, Public Transportation – to specific interests such as Technology, Sports, Hobbies, and more.
• Over 1,000 full-color photos give students the visual context essential for understanding the meaning and uses of each word.
• New! 3,000 word multilingual glossary in Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese.
• Classroom conversation activities cover basic grammar points and stimulate conversation by helping students practice the new vocabulary.
• Extra writing practice with controlled exercises at the back of the book recycles all the words through word searches, crossword puzzles, matching activities, and so on.
• An alphabetically organized Wordlist offers useful phonetic pronunciations and quickly guides students to photos of words they don't know.
• New! Two Audio CDs at the back of the dictionary provide pronunciation of every word, plus a variety of listening activities.

New! Workbook

• 400 exercises recycle words presented in the dictionary including matching, categorizing, completing analogies, creating sentences, solving word puzzles, etc.
• Let's Talk About You offers personalized exercises that focus on the learner's own life and interests.
• Challenge Activities at the end of each unit include prompts for writing paragraphs about students' own experiences and opinions.
• Workbook Audio CD contains varied listening activities, with a listening script at the back of the book.