Description
Rényi Picture Dictionary - German and English / The Éditions Rényi Heritage Series / Éditions Rényi Inc. 1990 / German Heritage Dictionary / Hardcover
Hardcover 1990
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ISBN: 9780921606208 / 978-0921606208
ISBN-10: 0921606206
PUBLISHER: Éditions Rényi Inc
LANGUAGE: German - English
English Summary:
Colorful, whimsical, and instructive, Picture Dictionaries offer everything needed to make learning a new language a delight. And, with more than 3,300 terms, they provide vocabularies that go beyond the basics. Words and phrases are made easy to remember by combining definitions with vivid illustrations.
German Heritage Dictionary
Copyright© 1990 Editions Rényi Inc.
Illustrated by Kathryn Adams, Pat Gangnon, Colin Gilles, David Shaw and Yvonne Zan’
Designed by David Shaw and Associates
Cover illustration by Colin Gilles
Colour separations by New Concept Limited
Printed in Singapore
Unique and innovative dictionaries which use full -color drawings to help explain more than 3300 terms in a way that is accessible to both young children and older learners.
Outstanding features :
- Wonderful for use at home to help children look up words they ask about; encourages children to expand their vocabulary.
- The bright, amusing pictures are non-sexist, and non-racist.
- In English alphabetical order with full second-language index.
- The extra-large vocabulary is based on word frequency analysis and thematic clustering.
- A healthy lifestyle is promoted throughout the book.
- Explanatory phrases clarify certain abstract and group concepts.
- Regional variations of language are included where applicable.
- Effective for developing reading skills in schools.
- Teaches basic dictionary skills to encourage self-learning.
- Pictures assist in remedial reading situations.
- Valuable in ESL teaching for youths and adults.
Languages Available :
English-only : The "Ashley"
Bilingual (English base): French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Macedonian, Armenian, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese.