This authoritative new edition of the bestselling Oxford School Thesaurus boosts vocabulary and improves writing skills through new curriculum support. With the help of the Oxford Children's Corpus, the largest bank of children's language in English, the thesaurus is able to proivde a range of carefully-levelled words, synonyms and antonyms and age-appropriate example sentences. These are written in the natural language of contemporary children using contexts that will make the thesaurus easy and enjoyable for every child to use. Phrasal verbs, idioms, and writing tips help to explore the richness of language and make writing more effective, whether in creative writing or in essays, projects, reports and letters. A writing supplement with spelling, grammar and punctuation support makes this a complete toolkit to enhance basic literacy skills, build confidence, deliver the curriculum and help children prepare for the level of writing expected at secondary school. As with all Oxford children's thesauruses, it has been trialled with teachers. A perfect buy, in a portable mini format with a refreshing new look, an essential for any backpack. Free downloadable word games, puzzles and activities are available at www.oxforddictionaries.com/schoolsOxford School Thesaurus最新版本，參考自兒童英語最大的語料庫─牛津兒童語料庫，涵蓋廣泛的分級詞彙、同義字、反義字、片語動詞、諺語、寫作技巧與適齡的簡單範例。幫助讀者增加單字量並增進英語能力，進而能夠用英文寫出各式各樣的文體。所有內文皆以當代兒童的自然語言編寫，讓每個孩子都能夠愉快使用本書。Oxford School Thesaurus一直是許多老師採用的教材，以口袋書設計方便攜帶，是孩子學習英文的最佳教材。可至www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools免費下載文字遊戲、拼圖與活動。