Calenders, Diaries, Dictionaries, Jounals & Text Books

The Popular School dictionary has over 40, 000 words and phrases, with simple meanings and example phrases show how words are used. It includes words from the curriculum, international vocabulary and new words from ICT. It is ideal for quick word look-up at home.

ISBN: 9780199070374. The Oxford Primary Atlas for South Africa is part of a ground-breaking series of atlases based on the most up-to-date maps and data. Fully revised for the CAPS curriculum, this edition equips learners with all the content and skills needed to excel at map work in Grades 4 to 7.

New edition of the bestselling Oxford Primary Dictionary with more words added, more spelling support, and enhanced supplements for grammar and language help. Easy-to-use with clear entries and examples from the books children love reading, plus curriculum help, it is the ideal dictionary for children aged 8+. This new edition of the Oxford Primary Dictionary supports the curriculum's higher vocabulary expectations by including more varied vocabulary; words such as chortle, cacophony, amulet and vlog are new, along with others from a wide range of areas such as animals (e.g. narwhal, sabre-toothed), history (e.g.longship, palaeontoglist), mythology (e.g. cyclops, selkie) and space and science fiction (e.g. spacewalk, teleport). It also now features a unique selection of fictional words for creatures or places from children's reading and writing, for example hobbit, Muggle and bandersnatch. All the entries have clear and simple definitions with word classes and inflections given in full. Children will discover example sentences from the authors they love to read, such as Cressida Cowell, Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling. 'Try also' guides at the top of pages help to locate tricky-to-find words in the alphabet such as from 'f' to 'ph', word origins are given in 'Did you know?' panels, and Spelling Alerts flag up tricky spellings. The updated supplement provides grammar and punctuation information to help children with their reading and writing. It is the ideal dictionary for boosting reading skills and building word power. Companion to the new updated edition of the Oxford Primary Thesaurus for all young writers. www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com for free downloadable activities.

The latest edition of the bestselling South African school dictionary builds on providing solutions to every learner’s language needs.

The Oxford Secondary Atlas for South Africa is part of the trusted series of atlases based on the most up-to-date maps and data available. Fully revised for the CAPS curriculum, this edition offers comprehensive coverage of all continents and encourages learners to explore the wider world for complete global understanding. This atlas equips learners with all the contents and skills needed to excel in the relevant aspects of Geography in Grades 7 to 12. Features: 1) Updated content provides comprehensive coverage of all Geography CAPS themes. 2) South African provincial maps and fact sheets encourage learners to develop a sense of place. 3) Photographs, graphs, tables, charts and other illustrations support insight and understanding. 4) The map skills review of latitude, scale and direction, and reading symbols ensures that learners will effortlessly grasp basic map skills. 5) Advanced coverage of space technology - including satellite images and remote sensing - meets spatial learning needs at FET level. 6) Extended content on orthophoto maps and topographic maps is included. 7) World maps with comprehensive coverage of continents and a wide range of themes are included to improve global understanding.

Exceptionally clear + easy to use – excellent support for primary school learners from Grades 3 to 7. Clear definitions for 1000s of words across the curriculum. Example sentences show how to use words correctly. Pronunciation guides show how to say words correctly. High-quality illustrations. Clear notes on word building and usage to help learners develop vocabulary and avoid common mistakes. Centre section with useful study pages on origins, spelling, punctuation, idioms, shapes, etc.

Designed for South African secondary school learners, especially Gr 10 to 12. Accurate, easy to understand definitions, and almost 1,000 South African English words, e.g. defiance campaign, tik, and vuvuzela. All the support for exam success across the curriculum. Key concepts of the new curriculum, e.g. assessment standard and life skills. Study pages, e.g. writing better exams, essays, CVs, and understanding line and bar graphs, extras like a reference section, diagrams, and illustrations. Reference section including illustrations, e.g. human body, periodic table.

This is a brand-new edition of the Oxford Thesaurus of Current English offering the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of today's English. It provides thousands of alternative and opposite words, and gives the closest and most frequently used synonyms first, making the thesaurus quick and easy to use. Thousands of real examples of usage from the Oxford English corpus show synonyms in context and help you to identify the correct sense. A brand-new wordfinder centre section provides lists of extra words eg. Types of food, clothes, transport and more, helping you to expand your vocabulary and find solutions to word games and crossword puzzles. The Oxford Thesaurus of Current English is perfect for word games and for anyone who wants to increase their vocabulary or improve their writing skills. Compact and accessible, it is ideal for use at home, at school, or in the office.

The Beknopte Verklarende Woordeboek has been a reliable companion in the Afrikaans class, home and office for more than 40 years. With its 30 000 entries and succinct definitions this little bantam has been one of kind. For the ninth edition the Beknop boasts a sparkling new jacket with Pharos’s rebranded look. The dictionary has furthermore been augmented with a supplement of more than 1000 new Afrikaans words and words that have not previously been included in either the Beknop or its elder sibling, the Verklarende Afrikaanse Woordeboek. Since all these new words have been sourced from Pharos Dictionaries’ newspaper and magazine archives, the Afrikaans they reflect is as fresh as can be. Another innovation is the inclusion of apt example phrases from the same archives. The supplement also contains a healthy dose of terminology from outcomes-based syllabi, making the Beknop even more suitable for the South African classroom of today.

The repackaged edition of Little Dictionary (Afrikaans-English-English-Afrikaans) reflects, within the constraints of a “little” dictionary, the language patterns of the new South Africa. Special attention has been given to vocabulary growth through transitional and technological developments, especially in the field of computer science. Furthermore, thousands of word options and near synonyms have been included, as well as a list of abbreviations and acronyms. Useful features are the names of the nine provinces and the country’s eleven official languages.

Mini English-Afrikaans/Afrikaans-English dictionary. The Mini Dictionary is a handy and inexpensive guide to finding the correct spelling or translation and includes useful phrases for tourists and business travellers. It also includes abbreviations and acronyms.

Suitable for Gr 4–7 home and additional language · 5000 headwords · Word division and word stress · Full parts of speech, with subcategories · Degrees of comparison, plural, irregular verbs and past participles, past tense · Example sentences · Derivatives with translations · Phrases; idioms and proverbs · Synonyms and antonyms · Homonyms and homophones with translations · Animals: collective noun, male and female, the young, their sound · Additional information boxes

This brand-new, pocket-sized dictionary now contains almost 35 000 of the most frequently used words in both Afrikaans and English. Packaged in its new, handy format, this bilingual dictionary is even a more reliable companion in the classroom, office, home or suitcase. Entry words are printed in blue to help users find a word more easily and different senses of the same word are numbered. The part of speech for each entry word is provided and inflected forms are indicated in cases where they are formed irregularly. Words are labeled and/or context guidance is given to assist users in finding the correct translation. This is a must-have reference work on every bookshelf.

The popular Pharos Bilingual School Dictionary (2020, 9th impression) boasts a brand-new orange cover! This dictionary contains almost 11 000 Afrikaans and English headwords with translations and full sentences. It is suitable for learners in grades 7–12 whose home language is Afrikaans or English, as well as for additional language. For this reason, headwords, phrases and expressions have been included that learners will encounter most in their school work and in everyday life. The dictionary is easy to use, and will help learners build their vocabulary and improve grammar. Headwords are printed in bold, blue type and display word breaks and primary stress. Inflections, such as plural and past tense forms, degrees of comparison, as well as context guidance appear in full. One or more practical translations are provided for each headword and full sentences in Afrikaans and English illustrate the use of each sense of a headword. A bonus supplement with additional information on parts of speech, words easily confused, and idioms and proverbs, makes this perfect as a one-stop reference in both the classroom and at home.

ISBN : 9780796008350 - The Shuters-MacMillan Atlas is packed with lots of additional information, for example, map projections, symbols and scale, how an atlas is made, South African history, transport, minerals, population, urbanisation, health and welfare, Southern Africa, Africa, the world, and much, much more. The atlas has been updated with latest changes of place names.