The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary gives more help and more support than any other dictionary at this level. It focuses on learners' need to understand and use words correctly, and to develop their core language skills.

The 8th edition features a new interactive Oxford iWriter and a new 32-page Oxford Writing Tutor, specifically designed to improve writing skills.

NEW Oxford iWriter and Oxford Writing Tutor: Teachers and students around the world have told us how difficult it is to write well in English. Now students can learn how to structure their essays, how to write different types of essays and presentations, and how to write formal English.

New to this edition:
- 32-page Oxford Writing Tutor helps students plan, write, and review their written work.
- Oxford 3000PlusTM shows students the most important words to know in English and the most important meanings of those words.
- Topic Collocation notes and synonym information in the Oxford 3000TM keyword entries enable students to extend their vocabulary to over 7,500 words.
- 1000 new words and meanings covering technology, lifestyle, slang, the economy (BlackBerryTM, blogosphere, SkypeTM, kiteboarding, superfood, work-life balance, stack it, random, credit crunch, toxic debt).
- Academic Word List words marked.
- 64-page Visual Vocabulary Builder with colour photos and illustrations builds vocabulary on topics such as landscapes, the environment, leisure activities, and inside the house.