The real value of dictionaries

by Oxford University Press | Dec 14, 2015 | Dictionaries

“Of all the knowledge and skills which a language learner must master, the most important element, and the one involving the heaviest learning load, is an adequate working vocabulary.” – Foreword to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 8th edition, 2010...

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