Dictionary of Contemporary English ,the living dictionary: English 2008

Clear Definitions Your students will always understand the definitions, no matter how difficult or technical the word they are looking up. All definitions are written using the Longman Defining Vocabulary of just 2000 common words. Real Examples Your students will learn real, natural English. All the 155,000 examples are based on the Longman Corpus Network, and provide students with useful model sentences for their own writing. Frequency Information The 3000 most frequent words in both spoken and written English are highlighted only Longman dictionaries do this. Longman Writing Assistant Your students need never get it wrong again! The Longman Writing Assistant is a handy pop-up tool students can use while writing to find information on word choice, grammar, collocations and how to avoid common errors Teacher Support *Create instant dictionary lessons from ready-made lesson plans on the CD-ROM *Download extra resources and activities from the Companion Website at www.ldoce.com *Improve your students' exam skills by teaching them how to work with the self-study sections on the CD-ROM.