Wanneer die dertienjarige Daniel by die hondeskuiling opdaag om vir honde te lees en sy leesvertroue op te bou, kruis sy pad met Stoffel, ’n steekhaarfoksterriër. Stoffel ontsnap en Daniel sit hom agterna. Albei beland in ’n stormwaterpyp in ’n verlate veld. Vasgekeer in ’n ondergrondse tonnel lyk Stoffel se kanse skraal om vir Oupa Solly op te spoor; selfs skraler as Daniel se droom om op te hou hakkel. Maar ou honde kan mos nuwe trieks leer...

Die Lees en kyk met begrip-reeks vir die senior fase bied splinternuwe KABV-gerigte geskrewe en visuele tekste om leerders se leesbegrip te versterk. Huistaalleerders in graad 8 sal aanklank vind by die inhoud wat met sorg uitgesoek is om aan te sluit by hul ervaringswêreld en taalvermoëns. Materiaal wissel van artikels en berigte tot advertensies, strokiesprente, spotprente, plakkate, grafieke en opsommings. ’n Memorandum met antwoorde op die vrae is ná publikasie beskikbaar by bestbooks.co.za

Die Lees en kyk met begrip-reeks vir die senior fase bied splinternuwe KABV-gerigte geskrewe en visuele tekste om leerders se leesbegrip te versterk. Huistaalleerders in Graad 9 sal aanklank vind by die inhoud wat met sorg uitgesoek is om aan te sluit by hul ervaringswêreld en taalvermoëns. Materiaal wissel van artikels en berigte tot advertensies, strokiesprente, spotprente, plakkate, pamflette en opsommings. ’n Memorandum met antwoorde op die vrae is ná publikasie beskikbaar by bestbooks.co.za

Zandi se familie verhuis vanaf Namibië na Suid-Afrika. Haar ergste nagmerrie word waar wanneer haar nuwe klasmaats haar spot oor haar Afrikaanse aksent en haar tradisionele haarstyl, maar steeds skitter haar koperarmband asof dit haar wil herinner dat sy nie skaam moet wees oor wie sy is nie. Wanneer sy pouses vir die boelies Herero-volksverhale vertel en meer oor haar kultuur se tradisies leer, besef sy haar ouma was reg: Stories het geheime kragte.

A cute and playful bilingual colouring book that introduces young learners to over 200 common, everyday words. This is the perfect way to encourage confidence in a new language while having fun at the same time! From farm animals and pets to colours, numbers and things that go, charming artwork accompanies first words and simple phrases in Spanish and English. Grab your colouring pencils and have a go! Created in partnership with multi award-winning languages programme, Kidslingo.

A cute and playful bilingual colouring book that introduces young learners to over 200 common, everyday words. This is the perfect way to encourage confidence in a new language while having fun at the same time! From farm animals and pets to colours, numbers and things that go, charming artwork accompanies first words and simple phrases in French and English. Grab your colouring pencils and have a go! Created in partnership with multi award-winning languages programme, Kidslingo.

My Desktop Dictionary is designed, written and illustrated for young children in their first years of learning. It is a student dictionary for children who are developing a written vocabulary and contains a wide range of commonly used words.

Ample space is provided for recording new words that students may add to the dictionary.

Features:

• designed, written and illustrated for young children
• contains a wide range of commonly used words, plus space for recording new words
• a blank square at the top right-hand corner of each double page allows children to write letters of the alphabet in their school script
• a popular, high-interest theme for each letter of the alphabet
• lists of commonly used topics and themes

A colourful book containing 1000 words to learn and featuring characters from the Disney universe

Tom Read Wilson is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with Every Word Tells a Story. See how the English language evolved in this extraordinary exploration of the origins of everyday words. Full of funny stories and fascinating facts, Tom Read Wilson knows even the most ordinary-sounding word can have the most surprising story behind it! Did you know, for instance, that: The word 'bloomers' comes from Amelia Bloomer, who was a women's rights activist and owner and editor of the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women, who wanted to move more freely in her knickers? Or that the word 'daisy' comes from the Old English daeges eage, meaning 'day's eye', because the petals of a daisy open at dawn and close at dusk? The word 'easel' comes from the Dutch word 'ezel', meaning donkey, because both are depenable and suitable for carrying a load? Or that English nicknames for police officers, 'bobbies' and 'peelers', both come from the names of Sir Robert Peel, British prime minister in the 1800s and creator of the first modern police force? Each fascinating word is explored through a quirky, amusing story alongside the etymology, word origin and definition. Paired with beautiful, characterful illustrations by Ian Morris, Every Word Tells a Story is a perfect book for young wordsmiths, encouraging kids and adults alike to have fun whilst learning about language.

This important new edition of the bestselling Oxford School Dictionary has been fully updated to include contemporary, relevant and comprehensive vocabulary. New words about technology, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic have been added, for example eSports, vlog, net-zero, eco-friendly, coronavirus and social distancing. Definitions of familiar words, such as bubble, viral, cookie and platform, have been updated to reflect how they are used now. Complete with example sentences, fascinating word origins, and grammar and punctuation panels, this dictionary supports today's students with their language and spelling skills, and helps with the transition from primary to secondary. For free downloadable activity worksheets, go to www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com.

This title helps to find words up to 64 times faster than with a standard dictionary. "The ACE Spelling Dictionary" is now even better that it was! With this fully revised new edition, we have made a number of important changes. This includes updating and extending the vocabulary, giving more alternative spellings, more plural forms and more 'sound-alike' words with meanings. The middle section is a darker blue to make it easier to find the right page. It is clear that pupils with spelling difficulties often experience problems with the whole curriculum and lose confidence with writing. "The ACE Spelling Dictionary" breaks through these problems. Using the unique 2-page index spread, pupils need only think how a word sounds to find out how to spell it. By simply identifying the first vowel sound, the speller is sent instantly to the page where the problem word is found. The easy-to-use reference system will tempt them to use more interesting words in their writing, enabling them to produce work that they can be proud of. Both patterns and irregularities are highlighted in the dictionary so that pupils learn to spell incidentally. The dictionary includes a clear step-by-step guide to effective teaching with the dictionary, over 20,000 words, a comprehensive list of commonly misspelt words and further learning strategies for spelling. This title contains 328 pages (168 x 246mm).

n Eerste tematiese, tweetalige geillustreerde kinderwoordeboek in volle kleur. Vrolike rympies ondersteun die bekende temas. Die liggaamsdele, kleure en vorms, aktiwiteite en syfers vul die temas aan. Direkte assosiasie tussen voorwerp en woord. / A first thematic bilingual illustrated wordbook in full colour. Cheerful rhymes support the familiar themes. The parts of the body, shapes and colours, activities and figures complement the themes. Direct association between object and word.

The Longman Young Children's Picture Dictionary uses a variety of drawings, songs, and chants to illustrate 280 words appropriate for young learners to help them describe the world as they see it. Organized into 26 themes with toys, animals, and fairy-tale characters, this dictionary makes learning fun

One in a series of illustrated dictionaries for children, this volume focuses on prehistoric life. It contains around 850 entries all alphabetically arranged and special features to encourage usage and understanding.

Die My "desktop" woordeboek is ontwerp , geskryf en geillustreet vir jong kinders wat aan geskrewe taal blootgestel word.

Kenmerkwe van My "desktop: woordeboek is :

• Handige groote , kleiner as A4 so dit pas maklik in leerders se laai of tas.
• 'n Lys van A-Z woorde (een per dubbelblad wat gereeld deur leerders in skryfwerk gebruik word.
• 'n Blankoblok op die alfabetbladsye (bl. 4-55) wat leerders toelaat om toepaslike letters en woorde in hul eie handskrif te skryf volgens wat hul by skool leer.
• 'n Gewilde , relevante tema vir elke letter van die alfabet en woorde wat met die tema verband hou word omring deur aantreklike en insiggewende kunswerke. Hierdie woorde , saam met die illustrasies , sal taalontwikkeling bevorder , woordeskat uitbrei , dien as boustene vir die uitbreiding van idees en die belangstelling in leer stimuleer.

Aanvullende woordelyste oor gewilde onderwerpe en temas aan die einde van die boek.

The Oxford Bilingual Illustrated Maths Dictionary: Sepedi-English is the ideal resource for learners who need help in learning and understanding the language of maths in English when it is not their home language.

These stunning full-colour dictionaries will help learners in Grade 4 to 9 to understand maths terminology by offering translations of the English headwords and definitions in Sepedi. Containing over 1000 essential maths words with clear and simple explanations, the Oxford Bilingual Illustrated Maths Dictionary: Sepedi-English will help build a strong foundation for maths excellence.

Features

• Over 1 000 essential maths words with clear and simple explanations
• Topics include mathematical symbols, tables and formulae
• Build understanding with pictures, extra words and cross references
• Trilingual headword lists give access to Setswana and Sesotho

The Oxford Bilingual Illustrated Maths Dictionary is the ideal resource for learners who need help in learning and understanding the language of Maths in English when it is not their home language.

The English-Afrikaans dictionary, the latest in our full_colour, illustrated series, will help Grade 4-9 learners to understand Maths terminology by offering translations of the English headwords and definitions in Afrikaans. The Oxford Bilingual Illustrated Maths Dictionary: English-Afrikaans will help build a strong foundation for Maths excellence.

Features

• Over 1 000 essential Maths words with clear and simple explanations
• Topics include mathematical symbols, tables, and formulae
• Full-colour pictures, extra words, and cross[1]references help build understanding
• Trilingual headword lists give access to IsiXhosa and IsiZulu translations
• Also available in English and IsiZulu, English and Setswana, English and IsiXhosa, and English and Sepedi

Die PHAROS BEKNOPTE VERKLARENDE WOORDEBOEK bou voort op ’n tradisie van betroubare naslaanwerke en is ’n staatmaker in die Afrikaanse klas, huis en kantoor.

Dié gebruikersvriendelike woordeboek is kompak dog omvattend: dit bevat meer as 30 000 woorde en terme met bondige verklarings.

Kry taalleiding:

• Hoofklem vir elke trefwoord
• Woordsoorte
• Verlede tyd
• Meervoude
• Attributiewe vorm en trappe van vergelyking
• Akronieme en afkortings
• Etikette vir bykomende konteksleiding
• Voorbeeldfrases of kort sinne waar nodig

The Oxford Bilingual Illustrated Maths Dictionary: IsiXhosa-English is the ideal resource for learners who need help in learning and understanding the language of maths in English when it is not their home language.

These stunning full-colour dictionaries will help learners in Grade 4 to 9 to understand maths terminology by offering translations of the English headwords and definitions in IsiXhosa. Containing over 1000 essential maths words with clear and simple explanations, the Oxford Bilingual Illustrated Maths Dictionary: IsiXhosa-English will help build a strong foundation for maths excellence.

Die Pharos Grondslagfasewoordeboek Afrikaans–Engels/English–Afrikaans is geskik vir leerders in graad 1 tot 4. Die woordeboek bevat die sigwoorde en spelwoorde wat in die taalkurrikulums vir Afrikaans en Engels in die Grondslagfase gespesifiseer word.

Hierdie splinternuwe woordeboek is ’n volwaardige eerste tweetalige woordeboek wat jong leerders met woordeboekwerk sal help. Met dié woordeboek kan Engelse leerders stelselmatig met Afrikaans vertroud raak, en Afrikaanse leerders met Engels.

Konvensionele woordeboekkenmerke soos woordsoorte, lettergreepverdeling, sinonieme, teenoorgesteldes, verlede tyd, meervoude en verkleining word aangedui. Daarby help frases, voorbeeldsinne en illustrasies met begrip en om te onderskei tussen homonieme, homofone en woorde wat dikwels verwar word.

Leerders raak op ’n eenvoudige manier vertroud met hoe ’n vertalende woordeboek werk, sodat hulle later met selfvertroue woordeboeke vir die Intermediêre Fase en Senior Fase sal kan gebruik.

What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in The Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! You can master them with the simple, easy-to-understand definitions and pronunciations written by lexicographer (yes, that's in there too!) Jane Solomon. Fun, colourful illustrations add whimsy to the pages. Some jobbernowls say dictionaries are anachronistic, or even obsolete, but it's kenspeckle to real bibliophiles that those vociferous ninnyhammers are just metagrobolised by the plethora of portmanteaus, neologisms and jargon they offer. Next time you find yourself wrangling with one of these ultracrepidarians, no need to imagineer a sockdolager: just show them this book. This captivating dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.

An important new edition of the bestselling Oxford Mini School Thesaurus, with new words on contemporary topics such as technology, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Focused coverage of words, synonyms and antonyms help to improve writing skills, for creative writing and non-fiction. Essential spelling, grammar and punctuation support and compact size makes it perfect for progress from primary to secondary school. For free downloadable activity worksheets, go to www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com.

Bag the perfect A-Level German dictionary this Back to School. Comprehensive and authoritative, the ideal German to English and English to German bilingual dictionary for advanced students of German and professionals, this dictionary has been revised and updated to cover all the latest changes in both languages. Includes the latest vocabulary from a wide range of fields, including the Internet, computing and business. The dictionary also includes special entries on life and culture in German-speaking countries. To help you find the correct translation, long and complex entries are treated in depth and key phrases and set grammatical patterns are highlighted. The clear layout ensures that you find exactly what you need quickly and easily. Contains a comprehensive 'Language in Use section': a full guide to written and oral communication in German.