Using the Oxford Picture Dictionary Program

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Using the Oxford Picture Dictionary Program

• EL/Civics Education Special Project
• Basic Skills Department
• Caldwell Community College and Technical
  Institute
• May, 2003

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Important Note

• The information in this presentation is for
  The Oxford Picture Dictionary Program published
  in 1998 NOT The New Oxford Picture Dictionary
  Program published in 1989.

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The Oxford Picture Dictionary Program Includes...

• The Oxford Picture Dictionary
• Teachers Book
• Focused Listening CDs/Cassettes
• Beginning and Intermediate Workbooks and
  Workbook Answer Key
• Classic Classroom Activities (Reproducible)
• Read All About It, Books 1 and 2
• Overhead Transparencies
• The Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive CD-ROM

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The Oxford Picture Dictionary...

• is an illustrated dictionary that contains over
  3700 words defined in context.
• has 140 key topics grouped into 12 thematic
  units.
• includes a variety of exercises on most pages.
• comes in both monolingual and bilingual editions.

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Sample Page of The Oxford Picture Dictionary
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The Twelve Topic Areas in The Oxford Picture
Dictionary

• Everyday Language
• People
• Housing
• Food
• Clothing
• Health

• Community
• Transportation
• Areas of Study
• Plants and Animals
• Work
• Recreation

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Units Especially Useful for EL

• Unit 6 Health health care, medical emergencies,
  clinics, medical and dental exams, hospital

• Unit 7 Community the legal system, crime, public
  safety, U.S. Mail, city streets

• Unit 9 Areas of Study types of schools, U.S.
  History, U.S. government and citizenship,
  geography

• Unit 11 Work jobs and occupations, job skills,
  job search, an office, farming/ranching,
  construction, tools and building supplies

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The Oxford Picture Dictionary Teachers Book

• The Teachers Book consists of the complete
  dictionary as well as easy-to-use lesson plans
  for the whole program.
• Listening activities, which are in the Teachers
  Book, are supported by the Focused Listening
  CDs/Cassettes.
• The listening scripts are in the back of the
  Teachers Book, pp. 209-226.

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Focused Listening CDs/Cassettes

• These listening activities, which are available
  on both CD and audio cassettes, are a part of
  each lesson in the Teachers Book.
• Tape scripts are in the Teachers Book, pp.
  209-226.
• These contain a variety of voices, accents, and
  sound effects.

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The Oxford Picture Dictionary Beginning and
Intermediate Workbooks

• Correspond page for page with The Oxford Picture
  Dictionary.
• Have picture and reality-based life-skills
  practice.
• Depict real information in graphs and charts.
• Provide additional higher level speaking and
  writing practice.
• Can be used in the classroom or as homework
  assignments.
• Have a Workbook Answer Key for both beginning and
  intermediate workbooks.

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The Oxford Picture Dictionary Classic Classroom
Activities Book

• Over 100 reproducible practice activities.
• 768 picture cards (black and white line
  drawings).
• 10 activity types including role plays, board
  games, surveys, drawing dictations, take a
  stands, etc.
• Teachers notes and instructions for all
  activities.
• Corresponds with The Oxford Picture Dictionary
  units, but not necessarily page for page.

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Classic Classroom Activities Sample Pages
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The Oxford Picture Dictionary Read All About It
Books

• Reading selections from real materials such as
  newspapers, magazine articles, etc.
• Book 1--High beginning level
• Book 2High beginning to low intermediate level
• Variety of pre-reading, reading, and post-reading
  activities
• Great photographs and illustrations
• Removable answer key
• Teachers notes and instructions

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Read About It, Book 1Table of Contents
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Read About It, Book 2Table of Contents
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Overhead Transparencies

• Each page in The Oxford Picture Dictionary has a
  corresponding overhead transparency.
• Instructions in the Overhead Transparencies book
  include how to use them, instructional
  strategies, additional activities, etc.

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The Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive

• Interactive with sound and animation
• Variety of games, exercises, and activities
• Hours of listening, reading, speaking, and
  writing activities
• All 3,700 words presented
• Built in word processor
• Flash card maker
• Randomly generated tests
• Summary and detail student progress reports
• Teacher management system

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How to Use the Oxford Picture Dictionary
Interactive
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Step 1 Registration

• Click Add Name.

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Registration Screen

• After clicking on Add Name, you will see this
  screen.
• Click in the First Name box and type in your
  first name.
• Click in the Last Name box and type in your last
  name.

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More about Registration...Passwords

• You can type your class name and number, but it
  is not required.
• Decide on a password. Your password can be 1-10
  letters and/or numbers.
• Click in the password box and type the password.
• You will be asked to type your password again.
• Instructors can use the Teacher Management
  System to retrieve student passwords.

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Return Visits to The Oxford Picture Dictionary
Interactive

• After the initial registration and use of The
  Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive, student
  names will be listed on the Registration screen.
• Each student will click on his/her name and then
  click OK.
• Each student will be asked to type in his/her
  password before the program can be used.

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Step 2 Selecting a Unit

• There are 12 units. The buttons on each side of
  the screen are Unit Buttons.

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Step 3 Choosing a Topic

• There are 128 topics in the twelve units.
• The topic screen shows the topics from the unit
  selected.
• The pictures that represent each topic are in the
  middle of the screen.
• The unit buttons remain on the sides of the
  screen.
• Simply click on the unit buttons to change units.
• Choose a topic by clicking on its picture.

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Choose a topic by clicking on its picture.
Use the Scroll Bar to see all topics within a
unit.
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Step 4 Exploring a Topic

• The explore screen lets students learn vocabulary
  in context.
• Each image that represents a vocabulary word or
  phrase is marked by a white dot.
• When the white dot is clicked, the word or phrase
  is both spoken and displayed.
• The white dot can be clicked as many times as
  necessary to hear and see the word or phrase.

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Using Scroll Bars

• There are scroll bars located on the left side
  and/or on the lower left hand corner of the
  screen.
• Some topics do not have scroll bars and some only
  have one scroll bar.
• The scroll bars are needed when the entire
  picture(s) cannot be seen on the explore screen.
• Use the scroll bars to navigate up and down and
  right and left to see the entire picture(s).

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Changing the Size of the Picture(s)

• There are also and buttons on the left side
  of the screen.
• The button will make the picture bigger, and
  the button will make the picture smaller.

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Topics Name
Scroll bar
- and buttons
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Recorder Window

• On the explore screen, the students can also
  record themselves saying each word and can
  compare their pronunciation to the model.
• Click on the microphone on the toolbar located at
  the bottom of the screen to open the recorder
  window and begin recording.
• You will need a microphone and speakers connected
  to the computer for this to work.

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Recorder window
Microphone icon
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Step 5 Choosing a Practice or Testing Activity

• Once you have finished exploring the topic,
  click Activities on the toolbar located at the
  bottom of the screen.

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Activities Screen
From the Activities Screen, various practice,
testing activities, and games can be selected.
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Step 6 Using the Teacher Mode

•  This mode allows the instructor to access
  student records in order to
• Find or change student information or passwords,
• Add or delete students from a class list,
• Monitor students performance on the programs
  tests.

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Entering Teacher Mode

• To enter teacher mode, go to the Registration
  screen, press the CTRL key and type t.
• Then type opd in the password box.

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Questions?