Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

• In-depth treatment of over 22,000 words, phrases and meanings
• Informed by the 85-million-word Oxford Corpus of Academic English, which includes a broad range of textbooks and academic journals from 26 different disciplines within the subject areas of humanities, social sciences, life sciences and physical sciences
• 50,000 corpus-based examples show words in genuine academic contexts and help students use words correctly
• Academic Word List words marked, showing students the most important academic words to learn first
• 690 collocation notes, with full-sentence examples, show over 26,000 collocations and word patterns
• 80 Thesaurus notes, Grammar Points and Which Word? notes
• Language Banks help with functions such as linking ideas and describing trends
• 48-page Oxford Academic Writing Tutor with model texts and writing tips helps students structure and write a variety of assignments, including essays and dissertations
• The Oxford Academic iWriter on the CD-ROM, an interactive version of the Writing Tutor, provides frameworks for students to write their own assignments
• 47-page reference section includes information about academic grammar, as well as punctuation, numbers and measurements, help with irregular verbs and a list of geographical names with pronunciation

With the CD-ROM students can:

• Search the complete Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English, plus 500 extra words and phrases that are only on the CD-ROM.
• Hear the words spoken in British and American English.
• Use the iGuide to explore information in the dictionary entries with the interactive tutorial.
• Use the 'Mini Dictionary' mode for instant look-up when using the Internet or reading Word documents, creating texts in the iWriter, or doing the AWL exercises.
• Explore the full range of academic entries in OLDAE, as well as short entries for an even wider range of general words, which are available for quick reference in the 'Mini Dictionary' mode.
• Explore the 'Word Lists', including all the entries that are in the Academic Word List, subject area word lists (life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and humanities) and a list of defining words used in the dictionary.
• Create their own word lists with the 'My Lists' feature.
• Develop their writing skills with the Oxford Academic iWriter. Oxford Academic iWriter guides and supports students with planning, writing, and reviewing a range of assignments, including essays, case studies, dissertations, and more.
• Consolidate Academic Word List vocabulary with practice exercises.
• Explore the complete reference section, as well as PDFs of the Word Lists and a bibliography of all the texts in the Oxford Corpus of Academic English.