by Oxford University Press | May 18, 2022 | Schools News, Higher Education Resources
Pronunciation is integral to vocabulary learning. As well as knowing the meaning and written form of a word or phrase, students need to be able to recognize and produce its spoken form. Good pronunciation can also help students retain vocabulary more effectively....
by Oxford University Press | May 18, 2022 | Dictionaries, Schools News, Dictionary News
Succeeding in mathematics (maths) depends greatly on how well you speak the language of maths. Imagine that you are presented with a test in a natural language you don’t speak. Or you may speak just enough of it to have everyday conversations, but not to understand or...
by Oxford University Press | May 12, 2022 | Schools News, News
Written by international primary experts, helping children to love maths. Discover the new Nelson Maths. Magical fiction for children aged 5–8 from Harriet Muncaster. This new edition provides a rigorous, whole-school programme for teaching and learning maths from...
by Oxford University Press | May 12, 2022 | Schools News, News
Mr Bunny is back . . . and this time he’s running for mayor. Coop Town needs some urgent repairs—and Mr Bunny is promising to make it Great Again. At first the chicken electorate is wowed by Mr Bunny’s promises of new chocolate houses, new chocolate parks, new...
by Oxford University Press | Apr 25, 2022 | Schools News, News
Half vampire, half fairy, totally unique! Magical fiction for children aged 5–8 from Harriet Muncaster. Isadora is special because she’s different. Half vampire, half fairy, she’s totally unique! Her mum is a fairy, and her dad is a vampire, and she is a bit of both....
by Oxford University Press | Apr 25, 2022 | Schools News, News
Sipho Richard Kekezwa Oxford University Press Southern Africa is hosting an Author of the Month in order to honour our renowned South African authors. The author of this month is Sipho Richard Kekezwa, the winner of the South African Youth Literature Award 2021. For...
by Oxford University Press | Apr 20, 2022 | Schools News, News
A library forms a solid foundation for any good school. It encourages good reading habits and contributes to a higher level of literacy in the school. You can encourage good reading habits and foster a culture of reading in your school with this essential guide to...
by Oxford University Press | Apr 19, 2022 | Podcasts & Online Reading Corner
Aweh! IsiZulu Grade 2 Level 5 Reader 10 A fiction legend story about how the practice of celebrating birthdays with a birthday cake came to be. Read by author: Thembinkosi Mabaso Download Worksheets Download Cover #readingforenjoyment #readingforfun #readingtime...
by Oxford University Press | Apr 12, 2022 | Higher Education Resources, Schools News
Teaching children to read is a crucial objective for all schools, wherever your school is based in the world and whatever curricula you choose to follow. As children become confident and competent in reading, they gain the power to access knowledge and information...
by Oxford University Press | Apr 12, 2022 | Schools News, News
Half witch, half fairy, totally naughty! Meet Mirabelle Starspell. Her mom is a witch, her dad is a fairy, and she is a bit of both. She likes casting spells with her fairy wand and flying around on her witchy broomstick, but most of all the thing she really, really...
by Oxford University Press | Apr 5, 2022 | Podcasts & Online Reading Corner
Aweh! English Grade 1 Level 1 Reader 7 I want to play is the seventh Reader of Level 1 in the Aweh! English First Additional Language reading scheme. Aweh! is a graded reading scheme that will awaken any child’s imagination as they join Mama Africa in saving the...
by Oxford University Press | Apr 5, 2022 | Schools News, News
Girl by day. Cat by night. Ready for adventure. In Paula Harrison and Jenny Lovlie’s exciting new series, Kitty is a superhero-in-training with feline superpowers. She dreams of being just like her superhero mum one day, but she’s still got a lot to learn! Join her...
by Oxford University Press | Mar 29, 2022 | News, Schools News
Suit Up. Step Up. It’s Time to Become a Hero! Marvin’s life is perfectly ordinary until one day he discovers a mysterious superhero suit hidden in his attic. It is powered by kindness and imagination, and since Marvin has tons of both, the powers of the suit are...
by Oxford University Press | Mar 15, 2022 | Schools News, News
Written by Elizabeth Nadler-Nir (MSc Speech-Language Therapist, The Reading Language Gym for Oxford Reading Safari) The goal of reading is to get information, to be entertained, to travel to impossible places, to connect with ideas and to become an independent...
by Oxford University Press | Mar 15, 2022 | Schools News, News
One girl, four bunnies and a wonderful dancing adventure! Join aspiring ballet dancer, Millie and her bunny friends as they learn to dance together. Learning a new skill can be hard but when you’ve got friends like the ballet bunnies every day is a new adventure! This...
by Oxford University Press | Feb 21, 2022 | Podcasts & Online Reading Corner
A family of aliens are on holiday. They visit different planets. However, on each planet, something goes wrong. All dad wants to do is take a family photo but each time something goes wrong and they end up taking a ruined photo. They eventually make their way to Earth...
by Oxford University Press | Feb 21, 2022 | Podcasts & Online Reading Corner
Mongo solves the mystery of who lost their bag while they were visiting Johannesburg. Read by author: Lindy Brien Download Worksheets Download Cover #readingforenjoyment #readingforfun #readingtime #readingisfun
by Oxford University Press | Feb 17, 2022 | Schools News, News
What does it actually mean to be kind, brave, calm, or happy to a four-year-old? Some words need a child-friendly explanation to help children make sense of the world around them. Introducing Big Words for Little People, a series of picture books designed to help you...
by Oxford University Press | Feb 2, 2022 | Schools News, Higher Education Resources
Let’s Do is our series of learner books and teacher guides for the primary school classroom in Namibia. The series offers core resources for English First Additional Language, Social Sciences, Life Skills, Natural Sciences, Elementary Agriculture and...
by Oxford University Press | Feb 2, 2022 | Schools News, Higher Education Resources
The Aweh! graded reading scheme is available in phonics versions for isiXhosa and isiZulu. Oxford has developed posters to assist teachers in teaching phonics. These phonics charts list the phonic sounds with an image that represents a word starting with that...
by Oxford University Press | Feb 2, 2022 | Schools News, News
Adapted from the Oxford University Press ELT blog site There are many ways to assess learners, for example, mini-tests or observations, in order to evaluate and monitor their understanding and progress. Evaluation also allows us to guide learners on how to improve....
by Oxford University Press | Feb 2, 2022 | Podcasts & Online Reading Corner
It is the school holidays. Langa and his little sister Nandi are going to Qwaqwa to visit their grandmother. The journey to Qwaqwa is full of adventure and laughter for Langa and Nandi. Listen to “Siya eQwaqwa” read by author: Thembinkosi Mabaso. Siya Eqwaqwa is a...
by Oxford University Press | Dec 14, 2021 | Podcasts & Online Reading Corner
Let’s go on holiday with Lizzy and her grandparents! “Let’s Go Lizzy” is a story about a little girl called Lizzy that goes on holiday with her grandparents and sees and uses a lot of different modes of transport along the way. Listen to “Let’s Go Lizzy” read by...
by Oxford University Press | Dec 14, 2021 | Podcasts & Online Reading Corner
Aliens journey to different planets – A family of aliens are on holiday. They visit different planets. However, at each planet something goes wrong. All dad wants to do is take a family photo but each time something goes wrong and they end up taking a ruined...