Seen at the event are Ameena Saiyid, Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan (left) and Robert W. Gibson, Director UK Trade and Investment in Pakistan and British Deputy High Commissioner (right).
Seen at the event are Ameena Saiyid, Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan (left) and Robert W. Gibson, Director UK Trade and Investment in Pakistan and British Deputy High Commissioner (right).
The British Deputy High Commission and Oxford University Press Karachi hosted a reception yesterday, 5 October 2010, for the launch of the eighth edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary published by Oxford University Press.
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary was originally written by A. S. Hornby and has sold over 35 million copies worldwide. The dictionary focuses on the English language learner’s need to understand and use words correctly, and to develop their core language skills.
Director Trade and Investment in Pakistan and British Deputy High Commissioner Karachi, Robert Gibson said:
"English is the most widely spoken and written language worldwide, with some 380 million native speakers alone. Through the global influence of science, the arts and the Internet, English is now the most widely learned second language in the world. But English is not the easiest language to master. The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary can be a key and important tool to achieve this, both for native English speakers, and for those who are learning English for the first time."
Managing Director of Oxford University Press Pakistan, Ameena Saiyid said:
"Generations of school and college students and other learners of the world’s most popular language have used this dictionary and found it accessible and user-friendly. In the new, eighth edition, it has been revised to make it even more handy and more relevant to the demands of the present age. The eighth edition of this dictionary is an example of how research can help a product to keep up with and satisfy the needs of a new generation of consumers."
The reception was held at the British High Commission, Karachi and heads of schools, colleges, and universities, teachers of English language, booksellers and heads of libraries attended the event.
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